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Re:Go claims telemetry objectors arguing in bad faith and vi... by dd82 on Monday February 13, 2023 @10:21AM (#34774495)
or 'tick this box or you're not allowed to access X, Y and Z parts of the tooling".

There's a big difference from functionality not existing to do this, and functionality existing that can change at any time. rsc's attitude about this comes with an air of "I want to alter the deal. Pray I don't alter it further"

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Re:Go claims telemetry objectors arguing in bad faith and vi... by alkonaut on Monday February 13, 2023 @10:32AM (#34774654)
> 'tick this box or you're not allowed to access X, Y and Z parts of the tooling'

That would be asshat-y but as long as no PII is transmitted, it would stop short of being a legal issue at least.

This is the thing though I think: people don't like to give up control (in this case, about what their software does). It's not about privacy, it's about control.

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