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OPT-IN is so much better for users. But if analytics is helpful, then probably opt in means you get no data, unless you keep bugging people asking people to opt
by nxpnsv 5y ago
OPT-IN is so much better for users. But if analytics is helpful, then probably opt in means you get no data, unless you keep bugging people asking people to opt in - which would be horrible too
- TeMPOraL 5y ago> But if analytics is helpful, (...) [opt-in telemetry] would be horrible too I don't question that analytics can be helpful. I do question the degree to which it is, relative to other methods of gaining the same insights (such as better QA, user panels, surveying people, etc.). I also don't think it would be horrible too. Inconvenient, yes. But horrible? People used to ship working software before opt-out analytics became a thing.
- cbm-vic-20 5y agoHow can users be incentivized to opt-in, particularly with a free-to-use application? I can see a case for ad-supported software, a developer could reduce or eliminate ads for that user in exchange for telemetry data...
- TeMPOraL 5y agoAsk nicely. After all, you want them to do you a favor. If you're less into respect and more into manipulation, offer them a meaningless trinket. A sticker on the app's home screen saying "I helped", or something.