I'm always reminded of this, because it's true.
So true, but at least I have actually seen improvement over the years in many of these adopted "standards" (unlike the superior Beta which lost out to VHS, and the four track cartridges which lost to the eight tracks back in the '60's)
My search for a new laptop is indeed both eye opening and mind numbing! I know my minimum requirements :i7 or equivalent AMD processor, 16GB of memory, 256 SSD. Heck, until looking, I didn't even think about touch screens or 2 in 1's. Now I'm intrigued.