Yes, but the accusation is that they are doing it deliberately. We’ll see in ten years’ time if we will still be using the same boost compatible frames that we buy today.
Well they’re not doing it accidentally 🙂
Maybe I’m missing something, but boost does seem pretty cynical to me. Fair enough, you might want stiffer wheels, but there are plenty of ways to achieve that without changing the axle standard (stiffer rims, bigger flanges etc). Even if you did want a wider hub standard, there was already a 150mm standard. Going for a new one that is 2mm narrower just seems like a deliberate attempt to make sure that nothing anybody already has will fit the new standard.
As Northwind pointed out, the wheelsize debacle was a proof-of-concept for this crap. So, one thing we can be sure of, if we keep going down this road, is that we wont still be using any frame we buy now in ten years time (even 5 years would be a failure as far as the marketing dept are concerned).