Re:No telemetry in the Rust compiler: metrics without betray...
by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @02:48PM
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> having it opt-in by default or giving users no control over it.
I think you want "opt-out"?
> For opensource tools we should use another word like "Automated User Feedback", or something else without the baggage.
No, because some projects will immediately re-poison the well by using "Automated User Feedback" as a transparent euphemism for the same bad practices (and in fact, if I read that I would immediately assume it was nothing but a euphemism meant to mislead me). Might as well just say "opt-in telemetry" or maybe "opt-in telemetry with extra steps to make it less identifiable" if that's what we mean.
I think you want "opt-out"?
> For opensource tools we should use another word like "Automated User Feedback", or something else without the baggage.
No, because some projects will immediately re-poison the well by using "Automated User Feedback" as a transparent euphemism for the same bad practices (and in fact, if I read that I would immediately assume it was nothing but a euphemism meant to mislead me). Might as well just say "opt-in telemetry" or maybe "opt-in telemetry with extra steps to make it less identifiable" if that's what we mean.