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Why would anyone be bothered by it?

• esperent 3y ago
  Personally, I don't like the normalization of my every action being spied on by huge corporations. If it was just going to be used by the devs to fix bugs, _and_ it was either opt in or very obvious opt out, I'd be ok with it. But fixing bugs is only one tiny aspect of why these corporations want to track you. And as far as I can see, there's no way to opt out at all short of blocking IP ranges with a PiHole.
  • XCSme 3y ago
    But in my opinion, this is just blaming the tool and not the company. It's the company's fault that they use the data for "bad", when they could use it for good and to improve the product. Even without the data, they could simply test random hypothesis and see the outcome that maximizes profit, in the process of which the end-user my "suffer" even more than when analytics are being used.
• danielheath 3y ago
  Because data is being collected about them without informed consent, and without any basis to believe the collectors interests align entirely with their own?
  • kkarakk 3y ago
    Every game informs you about telemetry in the EULA nowadays. It doesn't even do it in complicated jargon it literally says "we collect data on the way you play - agree or disagree?" You have to agree or disagree before starting the game and if you disagree it disables the telemetry completely. If people don't like to read and spam accept then it's their fault edit: there is EULA for nintendo switch
    • mid-kid 3y ago
      There is no EULA for BOTW.
    • danielheath 3y ago
      > if you disagree it disables the telemetry completely. In my experience (although I haven't tried it with the switch), it usually also disables the rest of the game - at which point you are free to argue with support about a refund, or change your mind and accept their terms.