> They had implemented that already a while ago, then reverted the behaviour, and now implemented it once again. This is, among many other reasons, why I finally dropped Android after the better part of a decade. The constant A/B/C/D/E testing makes every single thing they put out feel like it's a constant state of beta testing. It's to the point where you don't even know what to expect when you do something as funda…
It's funny how smart yet dumb A/B testing is. On one hand you can intelligently gauge the effect of changes, on the other hand you can push stupid shit since you have that power. How about intelligently designing applications that you yourself want to use? Too hard.
The people who use the apps I make aren't always me. Many of them are very good at things that I know nothing about, but I usually know more about computers than they do. Sometimes the differences are even harder to account for, having different preferences, different ways of thinking, and participating in different cultures.