For me the funniest part has been that the people who seem entitled to write sloppy software are the exact same set who would have the shrillest voices complaining that firefox is so slow and bloated (although its not anymore)

Many believe that its OK to hog memory, that it is an infinite resource. Many believe it is OK to be slow as long as it meets specs. Many believe your user application is the only application that the user will be running at any point in time. However, when your competition does it leaner and faster, you (not you personally, a generic software) are mostly going to be toast.