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by jmalin 1964 days ago
Depends on the product and the competition.

If no other library suffices, then customers will use yours. But they'll hate you. Over time, they might stop using your other contributions, even if they don't have any other choice.

In other words, would better/faster/more easily modified code help? Sure, but let's not overstate its value. We've all used badly designed code before. /s