alt Hacker NewsThanks for pointing this out, to me it seems quite a good response.
I wouldn't mind opt-in telemetry, but possibly the participation rate would be too low to make use of it.
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kgwxd • today at 10:43 AM
Opt-in via extension, fine. Opt-in via flag, unreliable. The spyware code should never be anywhere near the main codebase.
My issue with telemetry is that 99% of software ends up not using it. Why have it? And definitely don't have it by default. Your users will come tell you what they want, making telemetry useless, especially when it's an OSS project you're mostly building for yourself.