[inopinatus]

That may be true, but it isn't a reason not to try. Heck in the process you may learn the industry, just too late for current venture. It is however a reason to be willing to recognise a flop and abandon it for something else.

[philipov]

Yes, but what I'm actually trying to do is cast suspicion on the dichotomy between industry and customers. Industry is not a thing that exists. There are only people, their objectives, their resources, and their problems. Those are the things that need understanding.

[throwaway2016a]

Perhaps I chose the wrong word. I was looking for a word to describe the biases of people entrenched within an industry.