Re:Byte Magazine: The C Programming Language (1983)
by galaxyLogic on Friday September 09, 2022 @11:07PM
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Right IPhones became a fashion accessory. I guess partial reason is that when everybody uses a smartphone you have to appeal to the masses, and pure reason doesn't reach them.
The same goes for the high fashion in clothing. Doesn't matter if the clothes are the best to wear and most protective and most resilient against wear and tear. Were' in the era of tech-fashion including wearable computing.
Yup.
> ... which is empirically more effective at scale.
I don't think that's the issue. Back in the 80s, stuff came out regularly that was significantly better than the predecessor (if there was one). Emotional manipulation took over when new versions no longer had significant technical advantages over existing competitors.