People in tech business circles love this quote by Henry Ford:
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.
The idea is to think outside the box and create entirely new markets instead of just new products in existing ones. Like Apple creating the iPhone (sure, smartphones existed before—but cars also existed before the Ford Model T).
But sometimes, I really want a faster horse.
Netflix in 2012 was a super fast horse. It had a simple but massive catalog of movies and shows, solid recommendations, and basic library management. Compared to my limited local media library it was great. You could actively tune your tastes and rate things with a 5-star system.
Hmm. You see, a car is better than a horse. Not only because of speed. Because of the convenience of usage too.
You don’t want a faster horse. You just don’t want more bullshit for more price.
You want convenience.
Horses can go places cars cannot. You have completely missed the point.
Some cars can go places horses cannot. You have completely missed the point. I’m not discussing the intricate nuances of the provided analogy.
OK, I’ll bite. Where can cars go that horses cannot?
Car wash?
“A horse walks into a car wash” is a Vaudeville joke, not an impossibility.
Space, apparently.
Horses can absolutely go into space. No use in beating them at that point.
If I bought a horse and got bull shit, I’m returning the horse and not buying from “Bob’s horses, definitely not bulls” store again.
Better is relative. Also its unfair to compare one species (car) against many possible specialized species (cars). In example you don’t need to repair an expensive car, you don’t need electricity or oil and fuel (and many other stuff). Depending on where you are in the world, a horse might be “better” suited than a car.
My actually bingo is complete