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"Hits" and "misses" should be thought of differently. Hits sell zillions and make people happy. Misses like the Apple Hi-Fi sell poorly because nobody wants the
by delish 7y ago
"Hits" and "misses" should be thought of differently. Hits sell zillions and make people happy. Misses like the Apple Hi-Fi sell poorly because nobody wants them. So in the aggregate, there's far more good done when you have a hit, than bad done when you have a miss[0].
[0] Huge disclaimer: The category "miss" is higher dimensioned than "hit." Misses like the butterfly keyboard are different than the Hi-Fi, because it's a given that millions of people are going to buy a Mac laptop, and they suffer because they're forced to cope with an unreliable keyboard. By contrast, almost nobody is forced to use an Apple Hi-Fi.
- SonOfKyuss 7y agoIt’s like Babe Ruth in baseball. You live with the strikeouts because the home runs are so great.
- morley 7y agoAlso: I've noticed anecdotally that a lot of people, myself included, make decisions to reduce their misses, where it's usually better to maximize your hits.
- mjlee 7y agoYou might be referring to loss aversion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_aversion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_aversion
- Ma8ee 7y agoI still use my Hi-Fi, admittedly with an Amazon Alexa as source, but it still sounds great.