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Re:Ubiquiti adds phone-home to the access point firmware by VadimPR on Sunday November 03, 2019 @03:10AM (#21432734)
Ever asked designers of those high quality products if they would have loved data analytics on their products?

I bet they'd say they would have.

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Re:Ubiquiti adds phone-home to the access point firmware by TeMPOraL on Sunday November 03, 2019 @05:50AM (#21433162)
Would I love an extra thousand dollars per month on my account? Sure I would. Doesn't mean I'm going to cheat people to get it, even though I could.
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Re:Ubiquiti adds phone-home to the access point firmware by gonzo on Sunday November 03, 2019 @11:32AM (#21434818)
But if there was an opportunity to do so, and it required some work, would you?
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Re:Ubiquiti adds phone-home to the access point firmware by Silhouette on Sunday November 03, 2019 @10:36AM (#21434453)
The data you are likely to get from this sort of spyware is typically less useful than even a few sessions watching real users actually using your product and actively collecting their voluntary feedback.

Source: I am basically the person you are talking about, in one of my current roles.

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