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Re:Atom Was Archived Today by satvikpendem on Friday December 16, 2022 @01:55AM (#34011490)
That's not always true, sometimes first (and worse) is better. VHS vs Betamax comes to mind.
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Re:Atom Was Archived Today by thombat on Friday December 16, 2022 @02:11AM (#34011627)
Except that VHS was released after Betamax, so second & worse video quality won that time.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax

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Re:Atom Was Archived Today by jhoechtl on Friday December 16, 2022 @04:28AM (#34012581)
This IS an urban legend which deserves to die.

VHS wasn't of discernible worse picture quality but provided much better usability at the same time.

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Re:Atom Was Archived Today by NoGravitas on Friday December 16, 2022 @10:55AM (#34015973)
VHS was of marginally worse picture quality, but for that small trade-off you got the huge benefit of being able to record a feature-length movie on one tape.
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