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by m0llusk 670 days ago
This is misunderstanding basic elements of marketing. Early microwaves were a failure because they were huge and expensive machines promoted for institutional use. It was only after much study that smaller, cheaper, and easier to use models were offered which resulted in an explosion of demand. Marketing is what enables understanding not only of customer needs, but also their desires and the language they use and so on.