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Gone are the days when you flipped the power switch and things just worked out of the box...

I've been wondering for years now if software (and hardware) companies have gotten lazier about quality control because they know they can just push an update out later.

I've been wondering for years now if software (and hardware) companies have gotten lazier about quality control because they know they can just push an update out later.

 

Software companies - definitely. Although I wouldn't say lazier, but certainly more willing to release software before all of the bugs have been corrected.

 

I think hardware still goes through a more thorough design & QA process because it can't be as easily fixed. But there's certainly hardware which is released with incomplete software (e.g. Stern Pinball).