>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 fact

>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.