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> Those who don't vote, don't get to complain about the problems caused by not voting. Slightly tangential, but those who don't read and/or listen to customers
by newscracker 10y ago
> Those who don't vote, don't get to complain about the problems caused by not voting.
Slightly tangential, but those who don't read and/or listen to customers' feedback on online forums and sites don't deserve to achieve widespread use. Vocal users direct first impressions with a big influence, and saying that they should have telemetry on for the problems to be heard is practically useless.
If telemetry were to be absolutely important, then the release models and first time launch questions should be changed so more people can help provide technical information that may be useful. Add nightlies, alphas, betas, etc., and make telemetry prominently enabled in those. Have proper messages on the information shared, the risks on using pre-release software and a super easy way to turn telemetry off. Also have crash reporting built-in like how Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird have so users can choose whether to send it across and also see, for those who're technically inclined, what information is sent.