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That's like claiming only mechanics are interested in what engine a car is running - regular users only care about the seat and steering wheel. Regular users c
by mvdtnz 3y ago
That's like claiming only mechanics are interested in what engine a car is running - regular users only care about the seat and steering wheel.
Regular users care about the experience of the browser. A superior rendering engine can potentially improve this experience.
- asow92 3y ago> That's like claiming only mechanics are interested in what engine a car is running - regular users only care about the seat and steering wheel. That's probably true for quite a lot of people in those categories.
- twism 3y agoha. that claim is true ... most folks don't care if the car is an i4 or v6?
- mvdtnz 3y agoYou're missing the point. People can feel that a twin turbo inline 6 drives much smoother and more powerfully than a 1.3L 4 banger even if they don't know the first thing about what's under the bonnet. The engine changes the entire experience.
- halostatue 3y agoAnd most people don't care at all what's under the bonnet. They want something that reliably gets them from A to B and back, with occasional side trips to C, D and E. They want something that does that in a way that matches their personal style. They want something that isn't going to cost them an arm and a leg to run. Forty, fifty, and sixty years ago people cared a lot more. Starting really in the mid-90s, that changed. Nowadays, there are probably as many gearheads as there were decades ago, but as a population they represent a smaller percentage. And there's a tiny percentage of people who care only so that they can mod their engines to run less efficiently so they can pwn the libz. Inasmuch as people do care about the 1.3 4 banger — they choose it because it generally runs more reliably over time with fewer litres burned per 100km.
- mvdtnz 3y ago> most people don't care at all what's under the bonnet > They want something that isn't going to cost them an arm and a leg to run. Pick a lane.
- halostatue 3y agoIf you do not see those statements as complementary, that is on you, not on me. Most people who buy cars don't actually give a shit how many cylinders, spark plug configuration, or hamsters are involved in the engine. They want to know that it will work and not cost them too much in fuel, maintenance, insurance, and repairs. They want it to "look good" for their sense of style, and they want it to be a "safe" car. In order, it's usually price, style, then fuel efficiency (not engine, but whole car fuel efficiency), insurance cost, and everything else. For some people, it ends up being style, price, then everything else.
- xwolfi 3y agoI think you're wrong: people who buy a shitty second-hand car to go to work and have little money to spare on it: indeed, really 0 interest in the car as long as it runs long enough to generate profit to break even. But if you are going to spend 10k$+ on a car, then you start caring, A LOT. I've seen the change from when I was a student willing to take any crap on wheel, vs when I had some money to burn on a car and I spent weeks looking at everything to end up buying a 10k$ 20yo Porsche 911 :D See, I didn't even look at the fuel cost: only the engine perf per dollars. And it cost me an arm and a leg to run, in Hong Kong where the fuel cost is the highest in the world ! People don't work as rational machines balancing perfectly cost and profit in a constant manner over time. It's more a constraint compromise game with a repressed desire for luxury that seem to drive us: you'll buy what you can afford and within those boundaries you will choose comfort and design over economic optimization. Like when people buy an iphone, evidently they didn't look at all about cost for performance and choose something economically suboptimal but luxurious. Accept it and you'll start liking them more I think.
- twism 3y agoi still think the claim regular car users don't really care about the engine specs holds true ... you'd be hard pressed if you can tell the difference between an inline 4 and v6 these days tho (apart from how many more times you are hitting the gas station; some inline 4s even perform better than v6s)
- mvdtnz 3y agoYou're still missing the point. I don't think this conversation is going to be productive.