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People in tech business circles love this quote by Henry Ford:

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.

The idea is to think outside the box and create entirely new markets instead of just new products in existing ones. Like Apple creating the iPhone (sure, smartphones existed before—but cars also existed before the Ford Model T).

But sometimes, I really want a faster horse.

Netflix in 2012 was a super fast horse. It had a simple but massive catalog of movies and shows, solid recommendations, and basic library management. Compared to my limited local media library it was great. You could actively tune your tastes and rate things with a 5-star system.

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[-] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

Hmm. You see, a car is better than a horse. Not only because of speed. Because of the convenience of usage too.

You don't want a faster horse. You just don't want more bullshit for more price.

You want convenience.

[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 4 points 6 days ago

Better is relative. Also its unfair to compare one species (car) against many possible specialized species (cars). In example you don't need to repair an expensive car, you don't need electricity or oil and fuel (and many other stuff). Depending on where you are in the world, a horse might be "better" suited than a car.

[-] Emmie@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

My actually bingo is complete

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