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After I added OTel to an open source project I run, I spent a bit of time arguing with someone about telemetry - they kept saying they didn't opt in and that we

After I added OTel to an open source project I run, I spent a bit of time arguing with someone about telemetry - they kept saying they didn't opt in and that we need to inform our users about it, etc., and I kept saying no, that's not the same type of telemetry. I wonder how common this misconception is.

cogman10 2y ago
This is the second time I've seen this misconception come up in HN and I've definitely seen it in Reddit at least once.
remram 2y ago
OpenTracing was a much clearer name, especially for those of us who really don't care about doing logging or metrics through OTel.