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Spent a week in Africa, now YT swears that I know Arabic. I haven’t watched a single Arabic video. Any Googlers here that can explain how Google can be so bad
by danielscrubs 1y ago
Spent a week in Africa, now YT swears that I know Arabic.
I haven’t watched a single Arabic video.
Any Googlers here that can explain how Google can be so bad at designing products?
- daniel_reetz 1y agoRespectfully, at this point, do we need Googlers to explain? Structurally: launch-dependent levels/career advancement. Design wise: massive over reliance on A/B testing. Philosophically: a company hell bent on observing, categorizing, and exploiting us in extremis in exchange for only a tiny "relevant" slice of their potential deliverable. Because of their focus on "scale", they have never cared about any individual user. The indifference of their technical systems is absolute.
- danielscrubs 1y agoBut in this hyperpersonalisation era, we somehow give them a free pass when their A/B testing should catch these exact things. Taking a vacation abroad cant be a new concept for them.
- rasz 1y ago>Spent a week in Africa, now YT swears that I know Arabic. Logged into Twitch in Ukraine once, now Twitch fills my recommendation with _russian_ channels.