VC money is more readily available than in the 70s, which means startups staff up faster, which means more ability to polish around the edges. I’d say the core

VC money is more readily available than in the 70s, which means startups staff up faster, which means more ability to polish around the edges. I’d say the core functionality is often similarly incomplete, but design, packaging, docs, localization, etc. are more complete aka polished.