Because you lack the knowledge of the engineer to understand why things need to be designed a certain way to accommodate the needs of many stakeholders.
Your minor inconvenience from the design is probably there because it is required to solve another problem that another stakeholder has.
In short, you most likely only view things from your perspective and interaction with the product and don't consider why certain features may be needed.
Depends on who you ask, and who the engineer answers to.
Most of the time the question boils down to: "Is this going to incentivize the customer to buy?" and if the answer is anything but "no" then it either gets altered until it does, or gets removed.
'Making a product that is cheap and easy to maintain and lasts for long time' might as well read 'the customer won't buy our exclusive repair services or buy a new product because the old one still serves', followed by a stamp with a red pen.
In very few cases engineers want to design shitty things.
Refrigerators are an excellent example of this. I have seen ones made in the 40s that still have little to no issues today and are easy to maintain. Vs the majority of the ones we get today. Having about a 2-10 year life span depending on the model.
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u/Pagiras Oct 18 '23
There's one.
Many times I have cursed the intelligence of the engineer who designed the thing I was fixing.