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Debian's popularity contest package gets it right. You're asked once during installation, with the default being to decline. If you keep choosing "next" without
by mrob 10y ago
Debian's popularity contest package gets it right. You're asked once during installation, with the default being to decline. If you keep choosing "next" without reading or thinking you get a working installation with your privacy intact, and it never bothers you again.
- hk__2 10y agoDebian's popularity contest package is completely biased and nobody uses it as a serious source. You can’t expect to have reliable data with opt-in.
- mrob 10y agoIt's used for bug triage, so I don't think bias is a problem. The bias is rewarding people who opted in by increasing the chance bugs in their software will be fixed.