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Re:Why Does My Remote Control Need to Know My Location? by criddell on Thursday February 21, 2019 @12:11PM (#19218381)
> I store anonymous metrics that I use to gauge usage levels

How valuable has that data proven to be? Is it worth collecting?

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Re:Why Does My Remote Control Need to Know My Location? by conesus on Thursday February 21, 2019 @01:07PM (#19219022)
It tells me which features I should invest more time in getting right and handled edge cases and which features nobody but me uses and so it’s not worth the extra effort. I only have so much time!
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Re:Why Does My Remote Control Need to Know My Location? by criddell on Thursday February 21, 2019 @03:32PM (#19220314)
Is it opt-in?

Has spying on your customers revealed any surprises?

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Re:Why Does My Remote Control Need to Know My Location? by Notorious_BLT on Thursday February 21, 2019 @02:21PM (#19219736)
Assumedly it can be used to inform which features are most used by customers, and thus most worth investing additional development effort in.
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