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Everyone seems to think that, but I feel this ends up being death by a thousand cuts.

I don't know a single piece of software on my computer right now that doesn't crash, act weird, hang or do something else to annoy me on a daily basis.

Now yes, each infraction might be just a minor niggle, but god it adds up!

By the end of the day, all the bugs that on their own shouldn't be too bad, leave me frustrated as hell and wanting to say fuck everyone and just go live in the woods.

It's especially worse when I know this shit doesn't need to happen.



Compare that to the cost of software that works perfectly, but costs 10x what it currently does in order to achieve that perfection. Think of all the free (gratis) software you use that maybe would have a huge cost associated with it to be as reliable as you would like.

It's all about tradeoffs. Everybody wants cheap software that works perfectly, but reality dictates that can't happen. Most of the time, cheap/free with minor annoyances is better than perfect but high-cost.




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