[0x0]

"Better" can mean a lot of things including "cheaper", "easier to use", "better marketed", etc. Explains why sometimes "worse is better", I think :)

[kazinator]

Yes; "worse is better" rings true when the "worse" on the left hand side is the antonym of a different meaning of "better" from the right hand side "better"; i.e. an equivocation on the word is going on (not to deceive but to create a play on words).