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> Telemetry has certainly been misused and will continue to be, but it can also be an invaluable tool for product development. This perfectly exemplifies the w
by mort96 4y ago
> Telemetry has certainly been misused and will continue to be, but it can also be an invaluable tool for product development.
This perfectly exemplifies the whole problem. Google views Go as a product which Google is responsible for.
Go is a programming language. Go is critical infrastructure. Go is not a product. Viewing it as such is a fundamental misunderstanding of what Go is to its users.
This will practically implement my choice of programming language going forward. My question will no longer be, "is Go the right choice for this?", but rather, "is a Google product the right choice for this?". The answer is often yes to the former question, and no to the latter question.
- xavdid 4y agoI guess that begs the question - if Go was an independent project (totally unattached from google) and had the exact same telemetry plans, how would you feel?
- mort96 4y agoBetter, because most independent projects aren't the world's biggest advertising company whose business model entirely revolves around invading people's privacy as much as possible. But that doesn't mean it would be good. The fundamental misunderstanding of Go's place as infrastructure rather than a product remains. And even though I acknowledge that spying on your users provides useful insight into their behavior, that doesn't mean spying on users is good.