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jaynetics | 8 months ago

Yeah. I think the analogy with electrical wiring is quite illuminating. Few software errors have a similar risk profile as faulty wiring. Maybe if a calendar or messenger or such is buggy, that's enough of a nuisance to switch, but I doubt a lot of software is this critical. People already put up with plenty of bugs e.g. in games or social networks. Even with paid software, I'm sometimes surprised how much patience customers have developed when it comes to glaring deficits.

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hooverd|8 months ago

I'd be pissed if my washer or dryer or furnace had the same defect rate as any of the software I used. Software "engineering" has an amazing tolerance for oopsies.