> People prefer slightly broken but accessible to better designed but inaccessible.

We live in world where whatever faang adopts is de facto a standard. Accessible these days means google/gmail/facebook/instagram/tiktok works. Everything else is usually forced to follow along.

People will adopt whatever gives them access to their daily dose of doomscrolling and then complain about rather crucial part of their lives like online banking not working.

> And of course, if the new solution completely invalidates old sites, it just won't get picked up.

Old sites don't matter, only high-traffic sites riddled with dark patterns matter. That's the reality, even if it is harsh.