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by alpanka 1915 days ago
I know you are joking, but a lot of Google development is data driven.

This means that a lot of decisions are done by A/B testing instead of proper analysis and design.

This is most visible in UI stuff. If you wonder why Gmail or YouTube look or behabe differently every few months, that's the reason.

Suffice to say, this confuses the hell out of less tech savvy users and the main reason some people feel uncomfortable with Android but can't really point on any particular issues.