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The Google Chrome team uses a similar strategy to deal with backlashes: They leave a feature they want to removed behind a feature flag to keep the outspoken us
by wolpoli 5y ago
The Google Chrome team uses a similar strategy to deal with backlashes: They leave a feature they want to removed behind a feature flag to keep the outspoken users happy. A few releases later, they remove the flag, when the casual users have moved on and there aren't enough outspoken users to cause any kind of mobbing.
- no_way 5y agoFeature flags are not meant to be used as a general settings, it's mainly for testing, flags also auto expire so they need to be renewed after certain amount of chromium releases [1]. Old features behind the flag are left for few releases so they can be rolled back in case something bad happens, not that users manually should toggle them on. [1] https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:chrome/browser/flag-metadata.json;l=23?q=milestone%20json5&sq=&ss=chromium https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:chr...