Quality vs Quantity Debate

Comments debate whether increased production quantity or lower costs equate to better quality, emphasizing that quality does not correlate reliably with price or volume and often declines under profit-driven pressures.

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Sample Comments

groby_b Nov 9, 2020 View on HN

Turns out quality actually isn't free.

rhizome Dec 28, 2013 View on HN

You're making a huge, possibly fatal, assumption about quality remaining constant.

riffic May 10, 2009 View on HN

more does not mean better. it takes quality to make quality.

XorNot Feb 3, 2016 View on HN

The problem is cost != quality in any reliable way any more.

bruceb Oct 26, 2019 View on HN

Quantity doesn't equal quality.

Tyrannosaurs Nov 8, 2013 View on HN

If the quality is so bad isn't it a good thing to have fewer of them? ;-)

lakomen Sep 28, 2023 View on HN

It's not about cost, it's about quality

mattr47 Sep 26, 2020 View on HN

Higher cost does not equal higher quality.

davidw Mar 1, 2008 View on HN

Quantity isn't an indicator of quality.

RaduTyrsina May 9, 2013 View on HN

of course, there are a lot of them, but what about the quality of them ... ?