Not sure, why you're downvoted, that's probably exactly what happened. It's a huge company, there are a lot of moving pieces, and the original decision probably

Not sure, why you're downvoted, that's probably exactly what happened. It's a huge company, there are a lot of moving pieces, and the original decision probably didn't travel too far up the food chain. Some Dev Manager or Director was optimizing for device speed and figured it was a worthwhile tradeoff. When the rest of the company found out they probably quickly reacted and flipped out, much as the rest of the world did.