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[Bjartr]

> Customers expect polish, and they expect a lot more functionality than the bare minimum.

That's why it's the minimum viable product, and not the bare minimum product. Determining what's needed for viability is an important part of the MVP design process.

[mLuby → Bjartr]

You're right, but there's a point at which "minimum" is no longer appropriate.

I'd expect an "MVP" for an electric car company like Tesla Motors to be a microcar, but instead it was a luxury sports car.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcar
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster