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One man's spyware is another man's telemetry
by skocznymroczny 5y ago
One man's spyware is another man's telemetry
- dvfjsdhgfv 5y agoWhy not both? I don't think anybody disagrees with the idea that telemetry is useful, and that there are genuine reasons to implement it in VScode (as well as other MS products). Heck, there are open source telemetry products and even Linux users happily install telemetry packages such as popularity-contest. The only thing that bothers people is how this tech has been implemented by Microsoft in their product, with all possible dark patterns, starting with opt-out to changing telemetry controls subsequent versions to not being able to opt out at all, depending on the product.