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Customisable lockscreen is a really funny selling point, considering 10 years ago you could put any widget on the lockscreen and there was stuff like dashclock
by andrepd 3y ago
Customisable lockscreen is a really funny selling point, considering 10 years ago you could put any widget on the lockscreen and there was stuff like dashclock
- freedomben 3y agoI lolled at that too a little bit, but then saddened because I think it's the result now of 10+ years of tech industry "best practices": 1. Ruthless data-driven decision making for products (not allowed to use any subjective judgment, gotta go only on metrics). And assume that the data is always painting a clear picture, not one that is easily subject to all the pitfalls known in statistics, and goes through subjective interpretation (especially impacted by confirmation bias). Don't use your intuition or judgment to question the validity of the metrics and try to figure out a better way to measure! 2. Dumb down the product, aka remove features. "simplify" is the euphemism we all use now, even though it doesn't always simplify things (sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't). 3. Make changes to get promoted. Removed a feature? Great, promotion! Added a new feature people wanted? Promotion! (never mind it was the same feature in both cases)