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[–] dawnglider@lemmy.ml 9 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I can't say that I'm surprised, but kudos to them for running this! To be honest 0 out of 584 sales is still impressive.

My biasphobic brain can't help but wonder if the radio button defaulted to the "Made in Asia" position though 🙃

And for added pedantry, unless I'm mistaken this isn't A/B testing 😁

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

wonder if the radio button defaulted to the “Made in Asia” position

thats a good point. users heavily favor the default option, or rather they seldomly change it.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We’ve been running this A/B reality since the late 1970s, and the results have been rust belts. Pepperidge farms remembers.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

capitalism is relentless in always settling for the cheaper way, no matter how or what the consequences are.