IMHO, the Phillips head is pure evil and persists mostly because it’s one of the best ways to cause consumer-induced early obsolescence in any product that requires assembly by the end-consumer. It’s a huge unspoken conspiracy in the manufacturing world: “You supply Phillips screws. I supply Phillips screws. Everybody supplies Phillips screws. Everybody stays happy (except the consumers).”

“You stripped the screw head because you didn’t apply enough pressure.” O’RLY?

I wish governments would gradually outlaw Phillips. And I predict that the EU will be the pioneers in doing this.

I’m half kidding and half ranting.