Dev explains shipping decisions: avoiding unwanted behavior for existing prod customers

patloeber · x · 2026-10-23

Developer patloeber explains why a feature wasn't enabled by default: they didn't want to cause unwanted behavior in production for existing customers, noting that for short videos (<5 mins) the feature may not be needed and could add latency. Guidance is available in the docs.

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