@[email protected] to Buy it for [email protected]English • 1 year agoGraceful degradation is where a product degrades in such a way as to maintain at least some functionality for as long as possible.lemmy.worldmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1729
arrow-up1695imageGraceful degradation is where a product degrades in such a way as to maintain at least some functionality for as long as possible.lemmy.world@[email protected] to Buy it for [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoIt is very useful in practice when you have a dead flashlight during a storm and only a few batteries in the kitchen drawer.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year agoBut it would likely be cheaper to buy an extra set of backup batteries than to buy that flashlight.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoIts usefulness is based on the unexpected, not the expected.
It is very useful in practice when you have a dead flashlight during a storm and only a few batteries in the kitchen drawer.
But it would likely be cheaper to buy an extra set of backup batteries than to buy that flashlight.
Its usefulness is based on the unexpected, not the expected.