bells and whistles definition

bells and whistles

Largely unwanted, or unwarranted, features added or supplanted to a product to make it 'look better' against competing products. In software industry, bells and whistles are often added to force a new (but barely different or improved) version on the captive customers (who have invested considerable amount of money and time in acquiring and learning previous versions).

bells and whistles is in the Advertising, Marketing, & Sales subject.

bells and whistles appears in the definition of the following term: bloatware

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