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by FrenchDevRemote 717 days ago
They're getting it right, they just don't have the same incentives as the end users.

Their KPIs are "time spent watching videos", "ads being watched", not "is the user happy" or "is he watching relevant content".

Their products are designed to be addictive and profitable, not entertaining or useful.

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It works for a few years and then everyone moves on, like almost every other platform that stops caring about the user