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This is a great idea. Any rubyists want to provide a patch to do this?

• x0x0 11y ago
  trashing the telemetry data they're using to figure out what OS/ver people are using and bugs they are hitting makes you a real jerk use their opt-out if you want
  • Touche 11y ago
    Fair point, the public shaming that is happening now is probably punishment enough. Frankly I don't trust the opt-out code to be (and remain) bug-free. There are, as far as I can tell from searching, no tests. So I feel more comfortable maintaining a patched version with the calls nooped instead.
    • hk__2 11y ago
      You can also submit a pull-request to add tests or fix any bug you can find.
  • isomorphic 11y ago
    Collecting telemetry data without letting users even know about it (much less opt in) isn't cool, either.
    • deleted 11y ago
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    • cellularmitosis 11y ago
      I'm really having trouble understanding this (and I appear to be in a very very tiny minority). Why would it bother you if homebrew devs and Google knew which packages you had installed?