if you are one that takes pride in your work , it most certainly does Dark one....~S~
Well, from a business standpoint, which is what I think your premise was, you have four categories.
Excellent, Good, Mediocre, Shyte.
Shyte:
There are people who are just plain number people. Shyte product or not, the belief is I can get 1% to buy it. So I'll make trillions, and one percent of a trillion is a pretty damn good haul.
The next category is actually both with narrow but defining differences.
Good/Mediocre
Mediocre is something that can be mass-produced, but with reasonable quality and fidelity to the original. It's a nacha. Notcha balls, nacha your ass. The Nacha. A region that is probably the most populated. This kind of thing targets the low-hanging fruit of consumption. Impulse buyers. Remember those plastic sleeves that held a balsa wood airplane? You just had to insert the wings in the slots and provide the rubber band. Cheaply made, but reliably made. Like a cheap bic lighter you see at the checkout, better quality, better production, but you are still going to get hit with the "shyte" stigma.
Then there is good.
A tested and tried means of producing precise results or products. Not easily mass-produced, but it was designed to cater to the discriminating consumer. Very high end software, gaming rigs, tool and die, makers. It is a high-end item, but reasonably priced because it can be mass-produced.
Then there is Excellent.
It cannot and should not be mass-produced. Watch a few youtube videos on some Japanese artists in wood or steel.
-- Yeah, I fall down some esoteric rabbit holes --
Let's go with a Samurai sword. Top of the line quality. People will pay large quantities of ducets to own one. But how many can be made in a year? A dozen? Less?
So I say, the sweet spot is good.
