| ▲ | gmueckl 7 hours ago | |
No, hardening has nothing to do with it. They have a feature flag system deeply embedded in their software. And such systems can totally distribute different flags to different people. And that's how you could easily create VIP accounts with different behaviors than the rest of the world, like all ad festures turned off. | ||
| ▲ | xdavidliu 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
reminds of me of an instance where the opposite happened: > internal email from Bill Gates complaining about the usability of some Windows features. It’s old — from 2003 https://www.techdirt.com/2008/06/25/you-thought-you-hated-wi... | ||
| ▲ | gabrielhidasy 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
I'm 99% sure the hardening part was a joke | ||