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Hahahahaha. I remember all the fuzz about MS buying github and perhaps forcing telemetry. Something along those lines. People were so fast to live their stuff
by danielovichdk 7y ago
Hahahahaha. I remember all the fuzz about MS buying github and perhaps forcing telemetry. Something along those lines.
People were so fast to live their stuff to Gitlab without bothering thinking about that business is business.
These fucking corporations or wannabe corporations doesn't give a fuck about you or your data. That's the fundamental mindset you need to have when sending them money for services.
Ain't no such thing as halfway crooks.
- sciurus 7y agoGithub is already collecting limited client-side telemetry. Open the network tab in your developer tools and you'll see a request to collector.githubapp.com on every page load that includes details like your screen resolution.
- frenchman99 7y agoIf they collect it themselves, without 3rd party script, it's more secure than including 3rd party scripts in the page, which is what Gitlab seems to want to do.
- bhauer 7y agoSidebar good news for anyone reading this: Since they use a different hostname that doesn't host any operational functionality, namely collector.githubapp.com, that host is already included in most DNS blocklists.
- Dirlewanger 7y agoAlso, who knows what else they collect about you on the backend? I find it funny that people sometimes make such a fuss about front end metrics when they could be collecting way more on the back end (especially so if it's a closed source platform like GitHub, at least with Gitlab, I can look at the back end code and see what they're collecting).
- oneepic 7y ago> These fucking corporations or wannabe corporations doesn't give a fuck about you Thanks for the redpill. /s I would however say that they had a good rep until now, in general, so perhaps they will reconsider if there's enough backlash.
- EpicEng 7y agoJudging from the thread posted above, it looks like the people doing the real work actually do give a shit. It's their CFO that's the problem. Unfortunately, he and the investors seem to be calling the shots.
- lm28469 7y ago> These fucking corporations or wannabe corporations doesn't give a fuck about you or your data. They don't give a fuck about individual users but they sure do care about their data.
- Dumblydorr 7y agoThey give a fuck about your data, as they can make a buck off it. Your rights? Well what about their right to maximize their net worth?
- andrekandre 7y agodata is “the new capital”... http://files.technologyreview.com/whitepapers/MIT_Oracle+Report-The_Rise_of_Data_Capital.pdf http://files.technologyreview.com/whitepapers/MIT_Oracle+Rep...