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A 5 minute update check interval is usage-reporting in disguise. Way fewer people would turn off a setting labeled “check for updates” than one labeled “report
by Lammy 2y ago
A 5 minute update check interval is usage-reporting in disguise. Way fewer people would turn off a setting labeled “check for updates” than one labeled “report usage statistics”.
- Spivak 2y agoEh, this one is probably ignorance over malice. It's super common to see people who need to make an arbitrary interval choice go with 300 out of habit.
- YetAnotherNick 2y agoDo they say that they don't do any usage reporting?
- TowerTall 2y agofrom their FAQ on the buttom of the fronpage: Screen Studio can collect basic usage data to help us improve the app, but you can opt out of it during the first launch. You can also opt out at any time in the app settings.
- bilekas 2y agoDon’t give them ideas!!
- blitzar 2y agonever attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence
- Lammy 2y agoNo. Eradicate this line of thinking from your brain. If the outcome is the same then the intent doesn't matter.
- GuinansEyebrows 2y agoYes and one provides cover for the other.
- llmthrow103 2y agoIn fact, assume the opposite unless you have a reason to assume otherwise (aka a close personal relationship). Giving strangers/businesses that you have no connection to the benefit of the doubt when they harm you is a good way to get taken advantage of.
- o11c 2y agoNever contort your reasoning to attribute to incompetence what is much better explained by malice. Especially when politics or money is involved, malice should be the assumed default.
- knowitnone 2y agoor they can send report usage statistics without you knowing or being able to disable it.