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Way back when, the observed ABAB sequence could be explained by one server using outdated data and another having the new data and visitors being round-robined to each in turn. I have investigated issues like this and this has happened. Not sure how many companies still use a setup like this, though. It's been K8s clusters everywhere I've worked for many years now. This does indeed look like a proper AB test, the HTML already looks pretty clear.
Yeah and what's worse is Proton denying AB testing and instead claiming that it was a promo pricing
denying the undeniable, they think we are tech illiterate fools. disgusting. is that why they left their fediverse accounts with anger? that users were pointing out lies?
They didn’t. They are active in Mastodon.
oh they came back in February. they were inactive before that for a year, shortly after the republican drama
https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy
Happens all the time with GitHub Actions when they update runner images. According to Microsoft, it's "fundamentally unfixable".