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Agreed - if I had asked for the weather in Sao Paulo, and it gave me the weather for Sao Paulo on Sunday night, I would be frustrated rather than impressed.

The app is making the implicit assumption that I didn't know what I really wanted, and correcting me. Rather than desirable, I find this creepy, incorrect behaviour and potentially offensive.



While I agree with you on all parts, a cynical side of me tells me that assuming that a majority of your users doesn't really know what they want (or less condescendingly: make assumptions they are not fully aware of) is a viable strategy.


So then setup the service to suggest the alternative interpretation.




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