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Comment by mihaaly

14 hours ago

It is the 'make something for the user/client' vs. 'make something to sell' mindset.

The latter one is what overwhelmingly more companies (not only BigTech, not at all!) adopted nowadays.

And Boeing. ;)

If the lore is to be believed, Southwest (a airline that has made its business only the 737) saw the a320 neo and basically told Boeing "give us a new 737 or we go to airbus." they did what the client wanted, to their detriment.

"If I asked people what they wanted they would've said faster horses," or whatever Henry Ford is falsely accused of saying.