Comment by c7b
20 hours ago
I would assume that they've A/B-tested any such important change extensively and basically know that it won't affect their numbers for the worse.
20 hours ago
I would assume that they've A/B-tested any such important change extensively and basically know that it won't affect their numbers for the worse.
Given my own time at google, I highly doubt these a/b tests are constructed to actually yield a better product rather than push pet products
Then we should take your word over mine. My assumption was that those A/B tests will lead to products that do increase the numbers they were measuring (retention, conversion,...) at the expense of enshittified UX (up to the point of things feeling objectively broken, like notification badges re-appearing for the same items, settings that reset after user changes, search results missing,...). At least that was my explanation for how products by major tech giants like LinkedIn, Facebook, Outlook,... could end up being shipped with such flaws. What would you say?