Thats not the correct or relevant criteria. If you were correct, testing airport security and testing AntiMoney Laundering checks at a bank would amount to human experiments. In fact its hard to think of any study of the real world that would not become a "human experiment".
"When you claim that this study was about a process, you're literally taking the researchers side."
Thats some seriously screwed up logic right here.
"Weinstein was a Nazi and a serial killer, if you disagree with me you are taking his side"