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> The sales volume speaks for itself. Popularity has never been an indication of anything.
by epolanski 3y ago
> The sales volume speaks for itself.
Popularity has never been an indication of anything.
- toomuchtodo 3y ago> Popularity has never been an indication of anything. Except success I suppose. "But what does HN think?" said no one ever.
- epolanski 3y agoSuccess isn't strictly related to quality.. You can't simply say "but look at how much it sells" as an argument to Teslas being decent cars or not.
- jedrek 3y agoIt's weird to see this mashup of "sales don't matter" with HN's utterly lapdog approach to capitalism and free markets.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoHumans are notorious for overweighting towards their feelings and opinions vs data.
- piva00 3y agoLike someone else brought in a different comment thread, using sales as a metric for "best" would infer that McDonald's burgers are the best you can have, ever.
- scottyah 3y agoThat's not quite right. The comment was really showing the the definition of "best" can vary based on a lot of factors. It is up to the reader's imagination to account for real life constraints such as time and budget in a burger purchase decision. If you have 7 minutes and the McD's across the street is the only burger place in town, they are the best choice as all the other burger shops result in having 0 burger.
- epolanski 3y agoWho said they don't matter? The argument here is that they are not strictly related to quality. Are you gonna tell me the PT Cruiser, random example, was a quality vehicle because of its astronomical sales for years? Not understanding why is popularity used as an argument for good sales. It's not. Tesla cars being well made (or not) is not a reason why they sell.