Because fractions of a second end up as fractions, which end up as floats, which end up with poor precision, which end up with syncing issues with media across large (time-wise) files.
Having a few hundred in your pocket is nothing compared to the $1000 phone, $1000 tablet, $3000 computer, etc that we're all carrying around with us and display very visibly.
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Because fractions of a second end up as fractions, which end up as floats, which end up with poor precision, which end up with syncing issues with media across large (time-wise) files.
Next time you go to a Meetup or a conference look around and look at the percentage of MacBook Pros in the group.
Having a few hundred in your pocket is nothing compared to the $1000 phone, $1000 tablet, $3000 computer, etc that we're all carrying around with us and display very visibly.