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> Far as I'm concerned, aside from the extra millions of dollars they've spent on AI research, it's the same old story. It's interesting because it seems like

> Far as I'm concerned, aside from the extra millions of dollars they've spent on AI research, it's the same old story. It's interesting because it seems like the UX equivalent of "burning down furniture to heat the house" -- how does this kind of thing become so institutionalized at companies? Is this merely the natural end season of the corporate life cycle where after innovation and growth the now engorged and dying corpse must be parted off and sold by the pound? There's something so uncomfortably Darwinian to me about that. But I suppose that's also why it's common -- it works.

toast0 6y ago
> It's interesting because it seems like the UX equivalent of "burning down furniture to heat the house" -- how does this kind of thing become so institutionalized at companies? You're in charge of revenue for a division. You give an estimate of $X for the current quarter and $Y for the next quarter; your boss changes your estimate to $1.5X and pushes it up the chain. Now there's two weeks left in the quarter and projections are that you'll only reach $1.1X, so your boss pushes you to stick more ads and make them bigger 'just for two weeks', but also reminds you that your revenue target for next quarter is $1.5Y, so maybe you should keep the big ads.