Oddbean new post about login | logout @e277f9e5 these improvements you mention are only going to happen if there is an incentive for it. there are things that could be improved about toasters too but there's no incentive.
@c721880c With household appliances such as toasters I think you could actually argue that toasters from the 80s and 90s are much better than toasters today, as many appliances today are made a lot more cheaply and aren't built to last.
@e277f9e5 yeah, sure, but build quality isn't how this term is used. actually, when you start to see poorly built versions of a technology, that's one sign that it's mature. or when they start to put it in toys.