It's plugin burn out I guess, it happened s few years back, I've seen enough already! ;O) We had lot's of "progress" but we're not really anywhere further forward than before. The point of bothering with it all is fully lost by now! Give it a year or five and see if I'm not right.
I agree, to an extent. Let's all consider for a moment the popularity of "Steam" and other web-based distribution and installation tools. This surely is the way software distribution is going. So.... I integrate igLoader with a steam front-end and .... and... and..