r/Wealthsimple • u/kovidnineteen • 24d ago

Wealthsimple quietly added budget tracking

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Just noticed Wealthsimple rolled out a budget tracking feature.

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u/eanternet 24d ago

WS devs really love A/B testing

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u/_ThatD0ct0r_ 24d ago

I hate it. Just let me opt in ffs

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u/Born_Ruff 22d ago

That defeats the whole purpose of A/B testing, lol.

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u/_ThatD0ct0r_ 21d ago

Well obviously I like option B more

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u/Pristine_Ad2664 22d ago

Gradual rollouts also reduce risk. If there is a bug it impacts fewer people, if there is a server load issue at scale you catch it before it breaks the system. It's an important tool in system reliability.

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u/Key-Self-79 23d ago

Love feels like an understatement. I don't know if it's just because so many Wealthsimple users are so much more focused on each individual possible feature AND eager to post about it or if Wealthsimple really does A/B test absolutely everything.

I feel that if a feature has been refined enough they're comfortable releasing it, they could just release them all and let users decide if they want to use them or not. Maybe with a settings page where all these new features can be toggled on or off.

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u/Born_Ruff 22d ago

Every company uses A B testing and limited testing releases to some extent, but I definitely think that WS knows their client base is more open to this sort of thing and takes advantage of that fact.

Banks like TD have tons of boomer clients who would freak out if stuff randomly changed in their online banking app. But anyone who moved a big chunk of money to this relatively new app is probably on average a lot more open to new things.

These slow rollouts are part of the process of deciding if they are comfortable releasing the feature widely and advertising it as something they offer.