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Re:Brew commands send data to Google Analytics by AsyncAwait on Friday November 25, 2016 @08:22AM (#13036520)
> This is a very worrying development

Agreed.

> reduces my trust in FOSS

Please don't distrust a whole category because of a single tool. Most FOSS tools don't do this, especially if they're "Free Software" as opposed to just being "open-source", since "Free Software" indicates a moral, not just practical stance on software.

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Re:Brew commands send data to Google Analytics by Nursie on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:01PM (#13038060)
Well perhaps my assumptions about well-known and widely used open source stuff were just too naive.

I guess I'm not really thinking "distrust them like they actively include malware" just that it looks like I need to at least keep a look out for stuff like this.

I love FOSS. I believe in it, I use it all the time, I've made a few minor contributions here and there too. It's not like I'm saying "OMG FOSS is teh evil!", just that maybe my trust level was calibrated a little high :)

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