Speaking as an engineer,
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So stop blaming the engineers, and in particular keep the targeted insults to a minimum, please.
Horrible take on my post.
If you can point to what you took as targeted insults in the post you quoted and it is legitimate I am happy to retract. This is an unnecessary and unjustified diversion.
What I explained was the
raison d’etre for the forum and the philosophy behind the measurements and its general interpretation which was misunderstood by the post I was responding to because it interpreted better as better sounding. If you disagree with that fine, you are disagreeing with the forum which collectively has more experience than any one engineer. What you said could also be considered as insulting to the whole forum but people here can differentiate between disagreements in opinion and not take it as an insult.
Nothing in my post blamed engineers for the product directly, you seem to have a sensitivity to criticism of engineers as an engineer. I get that but you cannot do bad takes because of it. I specifically mentioned that the relative "poor engineering" of the product may come from any of the reasons - economics, sloppiness, pragmatics, etc.
The point as I specifically mentioned is that without being an insider, you judge the product of the company as a whole. Whether it is a marketing decision or engineering decision isn't relevant. As a consumer, how would you know? We can only assume the same philosophy carries through to other parts and it might be designed to be "just enough". Just enough for what? Who sets the criterion? Marketing who are driven by P&L typically. So, as a consumer, why wouldn't I assume the same would lead to taking shortcuts elsewhere. So, I discount such products. You may disagree with it but lecturing me or the forum to think otherwise is a bit rich when you yourself seem to feel insulted so easily.