A more charitable interpretation would be that that have different needs. My keyboard costs more than my computer, but most people probably spend $15-$50 on a keyboard. Even my mouse is well outside that range. Do I have high standards or do I have tendonitis?
Software usability, in this context, is measured objectively, there is no interpretation. This is separate from a specific user's preferences, the ergonomics of their hardware, etc.. As for your high standards vs tendonitis distinction, I'd say these things are not mutually exclusive, and the comparison is not related to what we're talking about.
> Software usability, in this context, is measured objectively, there is no interpretation.
What is the objective measure of usability to which you are referring? I'm not aware of any such metric.
> As for your high standards vs tendonitis distinction, I'd say these things are not mutually exclusive, and the comparison is not related to what we're talking about.
The connection is that I have different needs in HIDs, just like some people have different needs in Obsidian. There are great ergonomic keyboards available for $50. I just can't use them.
Generally I buy the cheapest peripherals available. My standards are not all that high. Several of them have bugs I've learned to work around.
> What is the objective measure of usability to which you are referring? I'm not aware of any such metric.
Evaluators normally use scoring systems for this purpose, in which heuristic violations are rated on a severity scale (commonly 0-4). So when apps like Obsidian rack up many 3s and 4s, you have an objective basis on which to characterize it as unusable. Besides this, there are accessibility and security metrics consisting of pass/fail tests, which are countable.
I guess the best analogy would be a street vendor passing dog meat off as beef. You may think the dog is delicious, but that doesn't make it beef.