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TL;DR "people are careless and stupid, use a new feature on important messages without checking to see what it does first, then whine about it when they get burned"

The modern world is pathetic.

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It's important to avoid the thought-terminating cliche "Oh, it was just human error" and look at the problems in the UI that cause the errors in the first place. If the ignition in your car was one day replaced by an ejector seat, and you hit it without thinking because that's what you do every day, I doubt you'd be placing the blame on yourself.

Given that a car is a dangerous piece of machinery that could quite easily kill myself and people around me if it malfunctions, yes I do give it a once-over every time I get into it throughout the day, which includes the interior controls.

Getting back on topic, given historical data, it's foolish to not expect something to happen/change on April 1st, especially on google products.

So yes, I place the blame on the users.

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