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Without making a value judgment about whether it is the right thing to do, it has been well established that automatic opt-in vs default opt-out numbers favors
by A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
Without making a value judgment about whether it is the right thing to do, it has been well established that automatic opt-in vs default opt-out numbers favors automatic opt-in ( usually discussed around organ transplant issue ). I agree with you in theory ( as in I know I almost automatically do the opposite once I find someone tries to opt me in without my say so ), but I also know inertia is a powerful force.
- saagarjha 6y agoYes, but with statistics you don't need everyone to opt in–just some portion. You can't really extrapolate a kidney ;) Usually what happens with opt-in versus opt-out is that the people who are the heaviest users of your software, the ones who care about it, the ones who might know its details or care about privacy will turn it off and you'll just be getting analytics from people who are casual users–and it's really easy to end up interpreting this as "hey, nobody uses $OBSCURE_FEATURE, let's remove it!". Whereas if you make it opt-in, yes you will generally have smaller numbers, but the distribution might be more useful to you, and you're less likely to think that just because you have numbers on 70% of people you're going to make the right decision.