One would hope that it is more reliable than my college Buick. Especially since it cost nearly as much. We're still in the age of the experimenter, and the public that buys a piece of computer software or hardware is part of the experimenter's design process. You are expected to report any problems and help track them down . We're still in the era of the Stanley Steamer.
Today there is no room for the cheap and shoddy, or for immature design.
We desperately need to stop expecting the public to test our new products in the software industry. They give you special software to use when connecting to their central computers. One night, no matter how many times I tried, every time I attempted to read about comic books the software crashed abruptly. I popped off a message to the people in charge. I seriously considered doing that.