The only thing that comes to mind is Pink Sauce. Now it's being made correctly so it won't kill anyone.

Computers.

Should have said brand, not product. I’m going to try again since I can’t edit title.

Apple. The Mac was much better than the IIe on which everyone learned turtle.

Literally anything that incorporates technology in its production and has high quantity production like cars, airplanes, skis etc

Yeah, I phrased my question wrong. Meant brand, not product. I created a new post with better phrasing.

Hyundai. My first one was an Accent hatch in the late 2000s. It lived up to the rep of Hyundai being a cheaply made bare bones rental beater. Hard plastics, roll down windows, anemic engine, clunky transmission, cheap paint that dotted and rusted through, etc.

I switched to Ford next circa 2010s and got fed up with constant build quality issues (interior door panel rattling, track rust on the hood, bad moonroof seals causing rusting, window trim falling apart in the first month, door handle snapping, cabin fan squeaking, etc.). So I started shopping around and was surprised to see how Hyundai seemed to come up as a bang for buck option.

I've had my current Hyundai with side impact warning, front collision warning, lane departure, heated seats, backup cam, dash touch monitor console, Android Auto, etc. going on 4 years with no issues outside of engine monitoring software recall/updates, and a loose hatch latch issue they fixed fairly quickly during the pandemic. While they don't have the rep of Toyota, Hyundai has certainly gone a long way in improving their product.

For a while there Hyundai was famous for their extremely long warranties (100k mi?). Initially, the thinking was that they had to give you such a long warranty because you were gonna need it. Eventually, it got to the point where they could give such a long warranty because you weren't going to need it.

Long warranties are a great forcing function on companies to improve the reliability of their product. Same for customer support and usability.

This is a phenomenally great question. :-)

It’s a fun day for a Hyundai!

But ios and Mac OS has got worse

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basically any product with iterative design.

I guess an example i can think of was the benchmade bugout. people complained the first run had handles that were too flexible so they improved the molds to be more rigid.