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>Popular, successful == improvement? What other criteria do you have for improvement?

• Karunamon 5y ago
  Surely you're not arguing that popularity/profitability equates to quality? If so, McDonalds represents the best hamburger and fries in human history. There are more dimensions than popular appeal.
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  • ramesh31 5y ago
    >There are more dimensions than popular appeal. In the context of a consumer product, not really. Everything is always a tradeoff to optimize for multiple factors. Mcdonalds may not be the highest quality, but they've sold billions of hamburgers for a reason. Their product is what the market wants, with enough acceptable tradeoffs to operate at a scale that fulfills demand. tl;dr: The customer is always right.
  • Kiro 5y ago
    What is quality?
    • Karunamon 5y ago
      Short answer: Usually not the lowest common denominator, by definition. Longer answer: Read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance