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by tuxidomasx 3305 days ago
The purpose of an MVP isn't to create a final product or even a polished user experience. The 'M' in MVP stands for "minimum" which could apply to features, UI, UX, and even developer effort.

The goal of an MVP is to quickly determine whether the bare necessities of an idea solves the problem.

Your use of the word "lazy" has a negative connotation; an MVP is more positively described as "sufficiently efficient."

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Realistically, many don't pass that "minimum" stage in quality, for plethora of reasons. The net result is we have app stores filled with garbage. Those are most definitely not "sufficiently efficient". I think it's time we, as users and/or early adopters, start raising the "minimum" bar where quality is concerned.