Comment by gmueckl
2 months ago
No, hardening has nothing to do with it. They have a feature flag system deeply embedded in their software. And such systems can totally distribute different flags to different people. And that's how you could easily create VIP accounts with different behaviors than the rest of the world, like all ad festures turned off.
reminds of me of an instance where the opposite happened:
> internal email from Bill Gates complaining about the usability of some Windows features. It’s old — from 2003
https://www.techdirt.com/2008/06/25/you-thought-you-hated-wi...
I'm 99% sure the hardening part was a joke
Thank you, sir.
I am still not sure if the joke was bad or if everyone takes everything too seriously nowadays.
I guess it was simply too close to reality. That's why I didn't register that as humor. Text also doesn't carry tone of voice well, which makes confusion more likely