Windows package manager does not permit opting out of telemetry

Re:Windows package manager does not permit opting out of tel... by kgwxd on Thursday May 21, 2020 @11:16AM (#23259393)

I really think the world would mostly stop talking about it if all software started respecting a universal environment variable OPT_OUT_ALL_SILENT_TELEMETRY=1. It's not the same as Do-Not-Track because the respecting or disrespecting of the variable can be verified independently, by the user, on their own machine. We'd only hear about the disrespecting software.

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Re:Windows package manager does not permit opting out of tel... by kasabali on Saturday May 23, 2020 @11:56AM (#23283960)

Someone tried to propose it to popular software authors recently [0]

Needless to say, authors weren't thrilled about it

[0] https://consoledonottrack.com/

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Re:Windows package manager does not permit opting out of tel... by michaelmrose on Thursday May 21, 2020 @01:08PM (#23261219)

If on reflection you come to the reasonable conclusion that the entirety of planet earth if fully informed and made to understand would opt to set OPT_OUT_ALL_SILENT_TELEMETRY to 1 why not skip a step and all act as if it were set to 1 now.

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Re:Windows package manager does not permit opting out of tel... by saagarjha on Thursday May 21, 2020 @01:46PM (#23261903)

> We'd only hear about the disrespecting software.

You won't hear about it because nobody will respect that setting in any meaningful way, so everyone will disrespect it.

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