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by KiwiCoder 3215 days ago
Doesn't the focus on data simply shift the problems you describe to telemetry decisions?
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Yes, and, I might be misunderstanding your question, but I view that as a good thing. I don't ever want to spend my time in a meeting witnessing people bicker over where to position a dialog button, when you could just run an A/B test and let data guide the decision process.
Yes, but now you get to bicker about how to structure the A/B test and whether the results are statistically significant.
"Based on the data collected, most users seem to prefer..." is better than, "Based on my training and personal experiences, I think users would prefer..."

It is a lot easier to come to a common agreement on something as objective as statistical significance when compared to personal feelings and opinions.

Subjectviely interpreted objective data...