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Yea analytics like this are really what I find to be so important, as a developer. How much time and frustration do I potentially waste on something that no on
by gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
Yea analytics like this are really what I find to be so important, as a developer.
How much time and frustration do I potentially waste on something that no one ends up using?
Things like this are very useful and it's strange to me that people aren't sympathetic to that perspective.
- pseudalopex 6y agoIt's strange to you people care more about their autonomy than your convenience? Telemetry can tell you what users are doing. It doesn't tell you why.
- gnusty_gnurc 6y agoI'm saying as someone who works in software I empathize with the idea of spending lots of time implementing a feature, tearing hair out over some technical issue, etc. only to realize no one uses that feature. I'd rather people be able to opt-in, but conceptually I'm not really upset that people can see my usage patterns, etc.
- pseudalopex 6y agoI think most of us work in software. Asking for consent isn't hard. Telemetry won't tell you nobody wants a feature you haven't implemented yet. User research might.
- taneq 6y agoI think a lot of people are sympathetic to that perspective while still wanting control over their privacy. It's the difference between someone inviting you to come into their home for a visit, and you breaking in whenever you feel like to take notes on what they're doing.