Word/expression for inclination toward using disadvantageous tools.
Is there any useful tool or tool which, despite its disadvantages, is used by people? Should I follow alternative medicines?
So cigarettes are a good thing, but most people don’t give up.
Recall
Microsoft Office. As a clear example. For a graphic designer, this image is not a professional software. Update: As another example, take the image. All of Microsoft Office’s solutions are available for business use. What is the best? Is it just an habit?
How do we save money in the long run from greed?
If by tools you mean commercial goods (like your Microsoft Office example), consider:
Brand loyalty Investopedia, Wikipedia Brand
loyalty is a result of consumer behavior and is affected by a person’s preferences. Loyal customers, regardless of convenience, will always purchase products from their preferred brand.
Why does
- Richardson like Samsung phones even after they had almost no camera?
For case other than that of commercial products, you could consider proverbs like…
there’s no accounting for taste
- “I love working at weekends. What are the best accounting for taste? “To each his own.
Each his own I keep telling him that car
- is the better and more comfortable way to commute, but he keeps using his Harley Davidson. Well, to each his own.
One man’s meat is another man’s poison
(in English, and all other languages), but these expressions are a litte broader than your requirements, in that they cover a person’s preference to something with no obvious disadvantage (like color). People write similar sentences, but are they universal?
What is your smoking example? Is substance abuse a concern or a problem?
The word used in this context is most likely ‘vice’ What are bad habits that is prevalent?
The Cambridge Online even gives an example sentence that is similar to the first example you have given.
vice noun (FAULT)
C2 a moral fault or weakness in someone’s character. Greed, pride, envy, and lust are considered to be vices. I am not a hater but my vices are cigarettes. My one guilty choice is chocolate.
Is it really bad to be insecure about what others think?
