Re:Gitlab ‘rethinking’ third-party telemetry
by JumpCrisscross on Thursday October 24, 2019 @01:48PM
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> we've halted any movement on adding telemetry and are reconsidering our approach
Your firm communicated a willingness to break users’ tools, wilfully violate GDPR, and interrupt users’ business continuity, all to spice up some IPO metrics. That’s a lot of trust to rebuild.
I’d recommend putting guarantees against telemetry into your ToS. Also, a minimum announcement period before mandatory ToS revisions and a minimum amount of time before GitLab can nix users for not agreeing to a new ToS.
Your firm communicated a willingness to break users’ tools, wilfully violate GDPR, and interrupt users’ business continuity, all to spice up some IPO metrics. That’s a lot of trust to rebuild.
I’d recommend putting guarantees against telemetry into your ToS. Also, a minimum announcement period before mandatory ToS revisions and a minimum amount of time before GitLab can nix users for not agreeing to a new ToS.