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Blaming people for not using beta version for six weeks to test and inform them prior of the issue. Rich. Millions of apps affected.

• swsieber 7y ago
  That seems like an uncharitbale reading. A manager let people know that they'll be able to tell if a new chrome release will affect them by testing with beta. The overwhelming sentiment was "we're sorry".
  • ken 7y ago
    When Google introduced Chrome in 2008 (via comic!), they claimed that within 20-30 minutes of a beta build, it was automatically tested on tens of thousands of the most popular webpages. Is that no longer true? Does that not include any which use local storage?
    • pg_is_a_butt 7y ago
      They were just testing to make sure AdSense worked.
    • gsnedders 7y ago
      AFAIK it is still true, but this bug is specifically with upgrading. Basically all the testing occurs with an empty profile; migrations are specifically undertested. Also note that this bug only affected WebViews and not Chrome. Not sure how testing of migrations compares between the two.
• deleted 7y ago
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