Why do flat-head/slotted screws still exist?

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I mean seriously...is there any application these screws:
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Can perform that these screws:
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Can't? I've talked to lots or people about this IRL and nobody else seems to like slotted screws either.

Whycome they're still made?
 
I've talked to lots or people about this IRL and nobody else seems to like slotted screws either.
Phillips was designed to cam out before the fastener broke. They intended for assembly line manufacturing before the advent of powered torque limiiting tools. Anybody that hates slotted screws more than philips has never owned a decent screwdriver and definitely never used a set of hollow-ground bits.
because you can’t really overtighten them they’re idiot proof
Phillips? Yes.
Because Americans refuse to accept Canadians did it better.

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No, we just refuse to acknowledge square drive's snow-mexican heritage. Nobody calls it robertson down here. Basically all building wiring terminals made in the last 20 years are either phillips/square or square only because guys in lab coats figured out the average sparky would let the screwdriver cam out early and the connections would be undertorqued. It's such a problem industry standard is moving toward S2-only screw terminals. (jokes about limp wrists here)
 
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