Re:Console Do Not Track – Proposal for a standard environmen...
by TeMPOraL on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @09:44AM
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> But if analytics is helpful, (...) [opt-in telemetry] would be horrible too
I don't question that analytics can be helpful. I do question the degree to which it is, relative to other methods of gaining the same insights (such as better QA, user panels, surveying people, etc.).
I also don't think it would be horrible too. Inconvenient, yes. But horrible? People used to ship working software before opt-out analytics became a thing.
Re:Console Do Not Track – Proposal for a standard environmen...
by nxpnsv on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @03:31PM
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What I meant would be horrible experience - CLI apps halting and asking on every execution much like websites do with news letters, cookie banners, or paywalls.
I don't question that analytics can be helpful. I do question the degree to which it is, relative to other methods of gaining the same insights (such as better QA, user panels, surveying people, etc.).
I also don't think it would be horrible too. Inconvenient, yes. But horrible? People used to ship working software before opt-out analytics became a thing.