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settings are also a great resolution to behind-the-scenes design conversations

in particular the classic 'PM wants to incentivize a flow, developer thinks it will be annoying as shit and threatens to throw phone out the window'

'let's make this a setting to see if people turn it off' is my favorite compromise for these. (Also simplifies phase two of a gradual rollout, because jealous early adopters can turn the beta setting on manually)




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