On: When users never use the features they asked for

[ipaddr]

People will buy products because if features they will never use. Not building costs money.

[542458 → ipaddr]

This is particularly true if the “users” aren’t the ones who are signing the cheques. Sometimes shiny stuff that looks good in a product demo or on the trade show floor is what it takes to actually move units.

[otterley → ipaddr]

Case in point: 90% of the pickup trucks sold in the USA.

[asdff → otterley]

Or cars in general. So many huge SUVs with three rows of seating being driven by a single person. In other countries people would just use a moped.