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> As Privacy Engineer Monica Chew at Mozilla asks, “Is it really worth having a preference panel that benefits fewer than 2% of users overall?” — obvious spoile
by azov 14y ago
> As Privacy Engineer Monica Chew at Mozilla asks, “Is it really worth having a preference panel that benefits fewer than 2% of users overall?” — obvious spoiler alert: The answer is no
This logic is so wrong that I don't even know where to start. Every obscure feature might be used by only 2% of the users, but it's not the same 2%. If you removed 10 of those "useless features that nobody uses" you just made your product unusable for 20% of your users.
But it's not even that. If I'm in those 2%, I don't care what other 98% are doing, you are breaking something I depend on. I want to use products that won't break my workflow even if over time I cease to be in the majority. It's a matter of trust (you hear me, Google?). There's a reason why countries that protect their minorities win over time, and I believe the
same will be true for software products.
PS. By the way, what Monica Chew and Alex Limi think of accessibility features? Fuck those blind people, right?
- vxNsr 14y agoSorry this made me think of this: http://www.xkcd.com/1172/ http://www.xkcd.com/1172/