Chiming in again to state how simultaneously re-encouraged and disheartened I am by some of the replies.

It is pleasing and reassuring to see that many players, including both mod developers and "standard" players, do not wish to see mechanics - especially on the level of the game engine itself ...

In my opinion the devs should not care much for mod compatiblity in the next version. Backward compatiblity is nice, but always has some disadvantage about making changes that improve a game / program.
They don't have to break mods just for the lulz, but "that change would break mods!" should be a ...

Please do not remove the assembling machines limitations
Like people said earlier going through that upgrade is one of the greatest accomplishments and it puts pressure on you to upgrade so that you can begin automation

I’m sure most of us find Factorio addicting because of the complexity behind ...