Design principle: IKEA effect
I vaguely remember reading about this effect before but honestly, I've never met someone who expressed this feeling about Ikea products. Whether it's my own set-ups, friends, or the dozens of people I've bought and sold Ikea furniture from/to. If anything some have expressed frustration at the difficultly they had in putting together some builds.<p>It's also said to cause sellers to place a higher value on the second-hand sale price due to the bias of assembling something of their own effect, however those I've bought from rather price their items substantially lower as they're looking to see them gone for various reasons. Perhaps this bias holds more true for things like home renovations as described elsewhere in articles on the effect.<p>The application of this concept in tech for the examples I've read seems to be mostly in allowing customer customization which I do think helps give a feeling of creating something a little unique but personally I'd call it by some other name.