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Re:Claude Code's binary reveals silent A/B tests on core fea... by rkomorn on Saturday March 14, 2026 @12:39PM (#47378427)
I think a lot of people (myself included) would just like to not be constantly part of some sort of revenue optimization effort.

I don't care, at all, about the "scale of information" for the company's sake.

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Re:Claude Code's binary reveals silent A/B tests on core fea... by londons_explore on Saturday March 14, 2026 @04:38PM (#47380916)
Often the experiments are not for revenue - many of them will be optimizing user experience metrics - ie. Load time or user dropoff rate.

They are clearly good for both user satisfaction and the companies bottom line.

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Re:Claude Code's binary reveals silent A/B tests on core fea... by jjj123 on Saturday March 14, 2026 @05:35PM (#47381465)
As someone who works in these orgs, only a small fraction are about user experience metrics. 90+% are extracting more short term value with unknown second order effects on usability.
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