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If they plan on making breaking APIs changes whenever they feel like their data suggest it's ok, they should clearly say so. But like openly, on the front of the chrome web page: "We care about you, the user, and will break the platform for the developers whenever we think it's necessary to improve your experience".

> It's simple really: killing a person to enhance user experience is morally wrong

Well for me it's morally wrong to break APIs, if you don't agree I hope to never touch anything you ever make.

This is not about caring about the users, it's about doing it without pissing on the developers heads.

By the way, I was not even affected by this, but I know that if we let this slide it will just get worse and worse. As if the web was a nice platform to develop on to start with...



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