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Enabling by default this setting is quite annoying from the point of view of the user... But, from the point of view of the software developer, the choice is no
by n0n0n4t0r 4y ago
Enabling by default this setting is quite annoying from the point of view of the user... But, from the point of view of the software developer, the choice is not so easy:
You decide to either be totally blind on the usage of your software or you jump into the exact situation they are in in this comment thread: piss of people.
At least they choose to let us opt out easily, no?
- jraph 4y ago> At least they choose to let us opt out easily, no? Everybody does. Even MS and Google tools. I would say it's the bare minimum.
- vladvasiliu 4y agoIIRC you can't opt out completely from sending telemetry in Windows. Your choices are "basic" and "full", or something similar.
- jraph 4y agoAh, right, hadn't thought of Windows, I was thinking about dotnet and other MS (open source) cli stuff I read about.
- CodesInChaos 4y agoOpt out via environment variables (like dotnet requires) is hardly "easy" and it's quite fragile.
- snehk 4y agoI think it's more about the naming. OptIn doesn't really suggest that it would be true by default. It being named telemetry.optOut and being set to false by default would make more sense.
- Kiala 4y agoOr, how about: telemetry.enabled?
- forty 4y agoExactly. As in many cases in life, "Criticism is easy, and art is difficult." :)
- vitro 4y agoWhat about if you would just... ask? I usually allow sending telemetry back if I'm asked nicely and the reason is explained well.
- joelhaasnoot 4y agoCough, is this even legal under GDPR?
- sofixa 4y agoThere is no personal information, only an anonymous identifier and usage information of a specific tool only, so GDPR doesn't come into play.