The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
fritterware
n.
An excess of capability that serves no productive end. The canonical
example is font-diddling software on the Mac (see macdink); the term
describes anything that eats huge amounts of time for quite marginal gains
in function but seduces people into using it anyway. See also window
shopping.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
fritterware
An excess of capability that serves no productive end. The
canonical example is font-diddling software on the Mac (see
macdink); the term describes anything that eats huge amounts
of time for quite marginal gains in function but seduces
people into using it anyway. See also window shopping.
[Jargon File]