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Maybe so, but as a user I have no incentive to want to allow it. And there's no checks or balances, since it's completely unilateral on the part of the software
by zbrozek 5y ago
Maybe so, but as a user I have no incentive to want to allow it. And there's no checks or balances, since it's completely unilateral on the part of the software vendor. My experience has been that there's continuous creeping growth on what gets collected and stored for eternity.
Any nonvolatile bit is a public bit. It's only a matter of time.
- jldugger 5y ago> Maybe so, but as a user I have no incentive to want to allow it. I mean, you kind of do -- to the extent that the data is used to prioritize fixing features you use, you benefit from being part of the survey sample.
- zbrozek 5y agoThat's roundabout and not compelling to a user. They have no idea what is gathered, how it's used, or any idea if their issues will be solved or when. It's like buying lottery tickets with payoff in bug fixes, except you don't know what they cost. Bad deal. The software house always wins.