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Them being able to tell how many active users they have means that they track this in the Atom app. Atom never told me about this during startup. I'm personally
by FooBarWidget 11y ago
Them being able to tell how many active users they have means that they track this in the Atom app. Atom never told me about this during startup. I'm personally not bothered by this, but I know that a lot of techies are against phoning-home practices. Is there anybody here who IS bothered by this?
- bottled_poe 11y agoIt's pretty much expected at this point. I gave up online privacy last decade.
- vetinari 11y agoI didn't give up my online privacy yet. Apps have no business to phone home. Little Snitch FTW ;)
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- _jomo 11y agoAFAIK they use Google Analytics. I've only used Atom once when it was introduced, but I think it told me that on startup. There was also an option to disable it.
- jbergstroem 11y agoIt's a package called 'metrics' you can disable through Preferences -> Packages. Been in there from the get-go. Edit: Not saying I like this "freedom advancement" much either; even databases like InfluxDB defaults to phoning home nowadays -- but this one is pretty simple to both find and disable.
- timlod 11y agoPerhaps it's the package update checker? I have it turned on by default and couldn't find an option to turn it off (assuming it's different from the Atom update checker, which updates the editor).
- JupiterMoon 11y agoYep which is why I'm not going to use their editor. I doubt they miss me and I don't miss them so no hard feelings either way.
- beefsack 11y agoThe more people put up with it, the worse it's going to get.
- underyx 11y ago>Atom never told me about this during startup. Yes it did: http://i.imgur.com/rVEs02x.png http://i.imgur.com/rVEs02x.png