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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by brookst on Thursday July 27, 2023 @10:06AM (#36893738)
Would you expect manufacturers to publish maintenance schedules assuming everyone drives like your relative, or based on maybe the 25th percentile of how people actually drive?

IMO product designers should not assume that the typical customer is a hyper-optimizer.

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Re:Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of drivin... by AuthorizedCust on Thursday July 27, 2023 @01:30PM (#36897144)
> IMO product designers should not assume that the typical customer is a hyper-optimizer.

It’s not just an opinion. If you design that way, you’re misrepresenting truth for the vast majority of drivers.

Hard to distinguish that from lying.

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