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[–] pop@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Do they publish any of the data from these surveys or use it as an excuse to remove more useful features?

"We listen to our community, so now we're removing about: config access from stable desktop builds to match the mobile version to provide uniform builds, making problems easier to replicate and also provide better security for all. Please use beta or nightly builds for tinkering."

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Product managers know what KPI's they want to improve, and its almost never survey sentiment results. The survey will be used to justify projects that improve the KPIs they already have. Best case scenario it helps them choose what to work on first, worst case (and most likely) it doesn't matter what the survey says - it's engineered to justify a pet project.

i.e. Straight out of "how to lie with statistics" - Would you rather drink bleach or add in browser advertisements based on privacy respecting AI categorization of you browsing behavior? ..... The people have spoken and they OVERWHELMINGLY want more monetization in their browser.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Duh. I'd rather drink bleach.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

Honestly it the world gets bad enough it could get that extreme...

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"We found that users wanted AI over a 2x slower browser"

[–] nilclass@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

Damn, i was hoping for them to make it slower!