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But developer incompetence and poor product design can be a 'dark' strategy as well, just a passive one instead of an active one. Good UX doesn't matter because
by hectorr1 9y ago
But developer incompetence and poor product design can be a 'dark' strategy as well, just a passive one instead of an active one. Good UX doesn't matter because users are not customers to health insurers, they are just cost centers. Their employers are the customers, and those guys care about how cheaply they can buy insurance and retain the quality level of their desired employee base. If the goal is to sell lots of insurance and pay little in claims, the strategy makes sense. So you spend as little as possible on UX.
NB: I think this is also how enterprise tech works.
- fortythirteen 9y agoInsurance companies don't think of "members" as just cost centers. They're a lot more picky around the concept of "hiring and firing" customers. Put it in the perspective of a freelance web developer. If someone is going to pay you x amount of dollars to build a website, but cost you more than x in support time and change requests, you either have to up the price or not take on the customer.