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yjftsjthsd-hyesterday at 9:46 PM0 repliesview on HN

> There was no "telemetry" in uv to begin with. They're just aiming for an emotional response. Read about the "telemetry" they removed and you'll find it funny.

I would personally prefer it be spelled out better, but I assume we're looking at this:

https://github.com/duriantaco/fyn/blob/main/MANIFESTO.md#no-...

> uv was sending a surprising amount of info to package indexes every time you installed something. These things include your OS, py version, CPU architecture, Linux distro, whether you're in CI. All baked into the User-Agent header via something called "linehaul". We ripped that out. Now it just sends fyn/0.10.13. That's it.

Unless you're disputing the factual angle (I confess I tried to look at the commits, saw that the first couple commits in the repo changed over a thousand files, and gave up)... yes? I would describe sending OS, python version, CPU arch, and CI yes/no as telemetry. I guess we can quibble about whether there's a more precise term for this particular form of sending information about your machine to a remote target without asking, but the description seems fair enough.