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Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away. (old.reddit.com)
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[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a wonderful example of a Fallacy of Division. It is true that A/B testing and incremental rollout are both used by Google for non-nefarious purposes, but that does not mean that every use is benign or innocent.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You made it sound like A/B testing us inherently shady. Just own up to it FFS.

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I didn't, I specified an architecture that they use for a shady practice. It was a means for describing an activity, a shorthand to be used for greater clarity along with brevity. Your interpretations are outside of my control.

It would be no more me saying that Snapchat as a whole is shady to say that it is used to sell drugs, or a large variety of other similar statements.