I would say the same logic applies to products/features and influences the design component. You create a product that reaches some local maximum of utility but

I would say the same logic applies to products/features and influences the design component. You create a product that reaches some local maximum of utility but there's a constant pressure to churn out new features with increasingly small gains in customer utility. Those features need UI elements, items in menu bars, etc etc which results in a bloated UIs full of esoteric features