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Re:Console Do Not Track – Proposal for a standard environmen... by cbm-vic-20 on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @11:38AM (#27749976)
How can users be incentivized to opt-in, particularly with a free-to-use application? I can see a case for ad-supported software, a developer could reduce or eliminate ads for that user in exchange for telemetry data...
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Re:Console Do Not Track – Proposal for a standard environmen... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @12:04PM (#27750336)
Ask nicely. After all, you want them to do you a favor.

If you're less into respect and more into manipulation, offer them a meaningless trinket. A sticker on the app's home screen saying "I helped", or something.

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