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It is worth noting that the same metric is the exact reason that web browser version numbers are so ridiculous.
What's that saying? Something about the moment a metric is used to measure performance, it ceases to be a good metric.
That's what's happening here. In one of the stupidest ways possible.
Here's an episode of the excellent "99 percent Invisible" design podcast that interviews a philosopher who ho has written about this topic! https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/673-the-score/
I listen to 100 percent invisible, thanks
Can't say I blame you; it's 1% better.
Something something "1%" isn't better, it's just an infantile bragging rights distinction with an abhorrently "premium" price-tag. Fucking "1%ers" think they're better simply for being able to pay more for the same shit on the spoon.
Oh yeah, Firefox used to take years to change major version number, then they changed to... what was it now, a 6 week schedule? To keep up with Chrome's versions.
I hate their versioning schedule so damned much
It's gone to a 4 week cadence, now down to a 2-week cadence.