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You're making the mistake of thinking other people evaluate products the same way you do.

How many people do you really think tested the copy and paste functionality on the original iPhone before making their purchasing decision?

I think almost no one.

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I think you're on the right track.

The way I remember it: the product was still overwhelmingly better than everything else. Missing copy&paste was an "oh well" compared to owning an iPhone in 2007.

And it's not like they didn't get around to adding it. Apple does admit mistakes. They made their phones bigger too, finally.

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