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The world could run on older hardware if software optimization was a priority

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838 points turrini | 1 comments | 13 May 25 10:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source
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AndrewDucker ◴[13 May 25 11:51 UTC] No.43971864[source]▶
Well, yes. It's an economic problem (which is to say, it's a resource allocation problem). Do you have someone spend extra time optimising your software or do you have them produce more functionality. If the latter generates more cash then that's what you'll get them to do. If the former becomes important to your cashflow then you'll get them to do that.
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1. conductr ◴[13 May 25 19:00 UTC] No.43976399[source]▶
Ultimately it's a demand problem. If consumer demands more performant software, they would pay a premium for it. However, the opposite is more true. They would prefer an even less performant version if it came with a cheaper price tag.