Comment by pdimitar

> But perhaps the story is more about consumers who just want new, exciting things like weird door handles and 30 inches of screens

We should never underestimate people's weird desires but this is mostly not it IMO. There was a new generation that felt the need to rebel against old established stuff and of course is now painfully rediscovering why this stuff was established in the first place.

Infuriating to watch, mind you. But also predictable, like watching bots play StarCraft against each other.