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> Performance gets worse with almost every release This is so true. I don't know how they do it, but it feels as though they're running an experiment (like Seg
by __derek__ 10y ago
> Performance gets worse with almost every release
This is so true. I don't know how they do it, but it feels as though they're running an experiment (like Segment's[1]) to see when people will stop using the app. It baffles me that I can go from seeing the badged icon (i.e. Snapchat knows that I have a message waiting) to a five-second loading screen for the Snap-taking screen to a three-second loading screen for my recent snaps (with no indicator of the message that I received) to a five-plus-second loading screen for the snap to actually play/show. To make matters worse, that's on wifi.
[1]: http://www.recode.net/2016/10/4/13151432/app-size-calculator-bloat-experiment-developers-segment http://www.recode.net/2016/10/4/13151432/app-size-calculator...
- gregpilling 10y agomy Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has taken to crashing the phone so hard when I try to load Snapchat (and this is the only app that does it) that holding the power button down for a minute has no effect. To restart the phone I need to have usb power into it. Why Snapchat? and why only when loading my friends stories, which is the only reason I would open it.
- __derek__ 10y agoThat's probably it: to make users bored/frustrated and train them to first visit the sponsored tab while waiting.