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> we don't use telemetry/spying Telemetry can perfectly be done in a privacy-conscious way. Getting real user feedback is paramount, but telemetry is super imp
by noname120 7y ago
> we don't use telemetry/spying
Telemetry can perfectly be done in a privacy-conscious way. Getting real user feedback is paramount, but telemetry is super important as well because it has a scale that you can't achieve just by asking users.
- generationP 7y agoWhat would you hope to learn from telemetry on a video player? Stats on the use of specific features? Formats? Codecs? Errors? I'm wondering if it's worth the hassle. Each of these is nontrivial if you really want to be privacy-conscious. Data can easily identify porn watchers, pirates, possibly journalists in conflict zones... and police only has to say cheese pizza to get all the logs.
- jbk 7y agoMost non-open source players and codecs do that, btw. It is insane. In the case of VLC, telemetry would help to know which options are used the most and which ones are not. It could help knowing which menus are never accessed. Besides that, no idea.