Because AB testing is for business and for earning money, and the caption thing ...

DanBC · on Feb 13, 2015

So why bother putting out that free content in the first place?

In the scheme of things adding captions costs very little and provides benefits to many people, not just those with a hearing impairment.

The cost of producing and hosting the material is very much greater than the small cost of providing captions.

hga · on Feb 13, 2015

"The cost of producing and hosting the material is very much greater than the small cost of providing captions."

So should Google be added to the lawsuit, since they're the ones hosting the called out badly auto-captioned videos, unless of course they're charging Harvard and MIT for the whole service?

I also strongly challenge your contention that noways initial costs of production are so high. Hosting, I don't know, but isn't it getting steadily cheaper?

Kalium · on Feb 13, 2015

It's more work and more cost for a small gain. Why take on extra cost and work without a business impetus?

And no, production and hosting costs are not nearly as high as they used to be. It's now possible to produce content for minimal marginal cost.