Absolutely, from a local perspective, decisions (or lack thereof) in regards to performance and efficiency make perfect sense, they simply shift the cost to the

Absolutely, from a local perspective, decisions (or lack thereof) in regards to performance and efficiency make perfect sense, they simply shift the cost to the customer.. Pay less for development at the cost of performance which the customer will pay for with more computing capacity, electricity and time. It scales terribly though, something that may cost an additional $20000 in development cost, may cost each customer a few tens of dollars over the lifetime of the product (not including putting a price on frustration and quality of life).. But if they have a few million customers using that feature, it's terrible for society and the greater economy/ecology. Not only due to electricity, but also the high rate of replacing perfectly working computing equipment for higher-performing, only to spend any additional capacity running increasingly crappy and demanding software.