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And it reports data to Google... http://atom.io/packages/metrics http://atom.io/packages/metrics

by fafner 13y ago

callumjones 13y ago
"If you do not want this information reported, disable this package from the Metrics section of the Settings view (cmd-,)."
- davesque 13y ago
  Why should I have to opt out of metric gathering in a freaking text editor??
  - squintychino 13y ago
    Because they made the program. So it's their decision. If you want a program that turns this off by default, please feel free to create your own program with this feature disabled.
    - lispm 13y ago
      FAIL. A text editor with this default is just wrong.
    - pritambaral 13y ago
      > please feel free to create your own program with this feature disabled. I could do that very easily, if Atom were FOSS.
    - fauigerzigerk 13y ago
      It's their decision to track their own users by default. It's anyone's decision to criticize them for their decision. That's healthy and much more efficient than for everyone to start creating their own text editors, payment systems, airlines or poultry farms. I for one am more than fed up with hunting down and keeping up-to-date with settings for tracking "features" in every single piece of software I use.
    - fafner 13y ago
      And it's my decision not to use it. Why would I want a non-free (as in beer and speech) editor which reports data to Google, only works on Mac, and lacks any unique features? I don't understand the hype created on HN about it...
toddmorey 13y ago
But in fairness, they've fully listed the data being collected. I'm actually very comfortable with them collecting these metrics (though I'm glad there's a way to turn it off just the same). - A unique identifier that is generated by computing the SHA-1 of the machine's MAC address. - The screen width and height - The version of Atom being used - The name of each item opened in a pane such as EditorView, SettingsView, and MarkdownPreviewView - The amount of time the current window was open for - The amount of time the current window to took to load - The amount of time the app took to launch
- cstuder 13y ago
  I'm almost comfortable with the choice of metrics, except for: >> The name of each item opened in a pane such as EditorView, SettingsView, and MarkdownPreviewView << Why would they need to know my filenames?
  - gnud 13y ago
    I _think_ they're talking about the actual 'atoms' - that is the editor components. So the data that will be sent to google is 'EditorView is open', not 'EditorView contains these files'. I might be wrong though.
    - gjtorikian 13y ago
      You're absolutely right. We don't track individual filenames or data.

And it reports data to Google... http://atom.io/packages/metrics http://atom.io/packages/metrics

by fafner 13y ago

And it reports data to Google... http://atom.io/packages/metrics http://atom.io/packages/metrics

"If you do not want this information reported, disable this package from the Metrics section of the Settings view (cmd-,)."

davesque 13y ago
Why should I have to opt out of metric gathering in a freaking text editor??
- squintychino 13y ago
  Because they made the program. So it's their decision. If you want a program that turns this off by default, please feel free to create your own program with this feature disabled.
  - lispm 13y ago
    FAIL. A text editor with this default is just wrong.
  - pritambaral 13y ago
    > please feel free to create your own program with this feature disabled. I could do that very easily, if Atom were FOSS.
  - fauigerzigerk 13y ago
    It's their decision to track their own users by default. It's anyone's decision to criticize them for their decision. That's healthy and much more efficient than for everyone to start creating their own text editors, payment systems, airlines or poultry farms. I for one am more than fed up with hunting down and keeping up-to-date with settings for tracking "features" in every single piece of software I use.
  - fafner 13y ago
    And it's my decision not to use it. Why would I want a non-free (as in beer and speech) editor which reports data to Google, only works on Mac, and lacks any unique features? I don't understand the hype created on HN about it...

toddmorey 13y ago

But in fairness, they've fully listed the data being collected. I'm actually very comfortable with them collecting these metrics (though I'm glad there's a way to turn it off just the same). - A unique identifier that is generated by computing the SHA-1 of the machine's MAC address. - The screen width and height - The version of Atom being used - The name of each item opened in a pane such as EditorView, SettingsView, and MarkdownPreviewView - The amount of time the current window was open for - The amount of time the current window to took to load - The amount of time the app took to launch

cstuder 13y ago
I'm almost comfortable with the choice of metrics, except for: >> The name of each item opened in a pane such as EditorView, SettingsView, and MarkdownPreviewView << Why would they need to know my filenames?
- gnud 13y ago
  I _think_ they're talking about the actual 'atoms' - that is the editor components. So the data that will be sent to google is 'EditorView is open', not 'EditorView contains these files'. I might be wrong though.
  - gjtorikian 13y ago
    You're absolutely right. We don't track individual filenames or data.