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> Depends entirely on the stakes and whether personal data is involved Sure. Let me just A/B test whether or not you'll respond positively or negatively to hav
by inetknght 6mo ago
> Depends entirely on the stakes and whether personal data is involved
Sure. Let me just A/B test whether or not you'll respond positively or negatively to having your news delivered via push notification or delayed by 10 minutes.
I'm sure you would appreciate being tested on without your consent, just so that I can make an extra quick buck at your expense. Nothing amoral or unethical about it.
- pitched 6mo agoWhat do you think about slow rollouts for new features? Like, we think this new push notification system will be loved but let’s ship to only 1% of users in case there’s a horrible unforeseen consequence like occasional 10min delays? Dashboard goes upside down -> revert then work through logs to figure out what the hell went wrong.
- inetknght 6mo agoWhat do you think of things you purchased changing over time into something you didn't purchase?
- estomagordo 6mo agoThat's literally any software subscription ever.
- inetknght 6mo agoSo you're perfectly okay with repeatedly paying for a shit product, getting shat on by the company in the form of being tested for feedback, and "maybe" getting a better product in the future. Mind you, that "better" isn't necessarily better for you but more explicitly better for the company you're paying. Sounds like someone who doesn't care about being a sheep. Or maybe someone whose salary depends on having sheep.
- nocman 6mo agoI think you are making far too wide-sweeping statements. I think most people here probably agree that if Anthropic drops Claude Code from the Pro plan after people have paid with the understanding that it is part of the package, that would be wrong, and they deserve to lose business over it. However, there are plenty of situations where A/B testing is entirely benign, and I would not have any problem with a company doing that testing without getting consent first. Every form of A/B testing is not done just for the gain of the company doing the testing.
- estomagordo 6mo agoI am not getting shat on by them working to improve the product. Have you got a screw loose?
- throw-the-towel 6mo agoWell, duh, that's precisely what's wrong with subscriptions.
- estomagordo 6mo agoThat the product might improve?
- throw-the-towel 6mo agoIn my experience, improvements are so rare compared to regressions, they might as well not exist.
- vehemenz 6mo agoHow does your example warrant such moral righteousness? The stakes of a late news notification seem strikingly low.