When you emerge from the jungle, you may notice that not only UNIX conquered the world but even ""worse"" paradigms of Windows and iOS have proliferated. You have to ask why the situation that is so much worse is so popular: is it really everyone else who is wrong?
Appeal to the currently incumbent solution is not convincing. Very often the majority of people simply choose the lesser evil -- not what's of the best quality or with the biggest productivity.
Or need I remind you that hangings at sunrise and sunset were commonplace and people even brought their kids to them?
I'm sure back then people defended it as well, and it's likely that if you heard their arguments you'd facepalm.
When you emerge from the jungle, you may notice that not only UNIX conquered the world but even ""worse"" paradigms of Windows and iOS have proliferated. You have to ask why the situation that is so much worse is so popular: is it really everyone else who is wrong?