HomeBrew Analytics – top 1000 packages installed over last year

Re:HomeBrew Analytics – top 1000 packages installed over las... by zeroxfe on Monday September 04, 2017 @09:18AM (#15168013)

> That's a bit naive. Google is not a charity and provides that service by making a profit out of user data.

So what if they make profit -- they provide a fantastic service that actually works well, and it allows homebrew (and many other systems) to continue to provide it's services for free.

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Re:HomeBrew Analytics – top 1000 packages installed over las... by zakk on Monday September 04, 2017 @10:35AM (#15168468)

If you are fine with a company profiting out of your personal information and habits, I am not, and I think is a reasonable choice to assume that people are not fine with that.

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Re:HomeBrew Analytics – top 1000 packages installed over las... by sigzero on Monday September 04, 2017 @11:33AM (#15168898)

Then those people won't use Homebrew.

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Re:HomeBrew Analytics – top 1000 packages installed over las... by zakk on Monday September 04, 2017 @12:25PM (#15169220)

Sure! But the telemetry is a default setting, and the implications for the user’s privacy are not clear at all.

Opt-in telemetry clearly stating that Google will record the first three bytes of your IP? I’m OK with that!

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