Releasing a playable MVP and adding features would be preferable to a big bang with the kitchen sink. I had already abandoned my investment in this product. "Best is the enemy of good."
“Good is the enemy of terrible.”
For some reason, I get irked when people bring up the “Perfect is the enemy of good” for why something can’t get done. Like there’s only perfect and good. There’s also bad, terrible, non-functional and lots of other stuff.
I don’t think reductionist arguments are terribly useful for real things.
"Minimally viable is the enemy of class action."
It sounds like you just don't understand the statement. It's not a binary assessment, it's an observation: if you set your bar too high, you simply may never get there and have nothing to show for it, thus by "lowering the bar" you may actually deliver a better product (you know, because it actually got delivered, and not canceled).
Its not binary but by setting the bar too low, you never get their either.
My irk is that the premise is that anything not chosen is too “perfect.” Also annoying is having “minimum viable products” that aren’t actually viable.
It in no way implies that.