“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” attributed to Henry Ford. While listening to feedback is not a bad thing, design

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” attributed to Henry Ford. While listening to feedback is not a bad thing, design by focus group rarely works out well. You risk ending up with things like this https://i.imgur.com/IoPkza2.png https://i.imgur.com/IoPkza2.png! While this is obviously a joke, it does contain grains of truth. The other problem with this argument is how the question is framed? Are the majority of users armed with all the facts and details? While I'd agree many are overstating the issues, there are equally as many dismissing any issues out of hand. IMHO, it behooves any one suggesting what "the majority" want to at least do a thought experiment around the pro's and con's and be honest about what they are. We cannot have this here, sadly. This should extend to any government that are enforcing something like this to transparently lay out the pros and cons and maybe accept some of the liability. That though, is asking too much of politicians...