Re:Show HN: CompressX, my FFmpeg wrapper for macOS, made $9k...
by hieu_dinh on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @10:12PM
(#39997738)
Below changes will be implemented this week:
The website: Remove the pop-up & Update privacy & ToS to mention exact what data is tracked and how to opt-in/out from anonymous telemetry
The app: Add the option to opt-in/out anonymous telemetry
Thanks for the feedback
Re:Show HN: CompressX, my FFmpeg wrapper for macOS, made $9k...
by ranger_danger on Thursday April 11, 2024 @12:01AM
(#39998263)
I highly disagree. I think the majority of people who would pay money for a barebones ffmpeg wrapper don't care about telemetry.
Re:Show HN: CompressX, my FFmpeg wrapper for macOS, made $9k...
by al_borland on Thursday April 11, 2024 @04:39AM
(#39999827)
Privacy should be the default, not something that is done only when users care enough to fight back.
Re:Show HN: CompressX, my FFmpeg wrapper for macOS, made $9k...
by ranger_danger on Thursday April 11, 2024 @02:13PM
(#40005099)
I agree with you to a point. The problem is that if most people turn it off, then developing the telemetry system was a huge waste of time and resources for not much gain. Valuable data that could have been used to improve the program without any extra work from others may be lost.
Similar to Windows forcing users to update because most of them keep putting it off forever, hurting their own security.
Re:Show HN: CompressX, my FFmpeg wrapper for macOS, made $9k...
by phantompeace on Thursday April 11, 2024 @03:31PM
(#40005892)
Which users asked for devs to focus on developing a telemetry system (vs developing the app they bought)?
And the types of users who are going to be using something like an ffmpeg wrapper are the types who are gonna care about something like that.
It's not SaaS anyway, so why would I care about your current to-the-hour success metrics? Might as well just slap your amount of sales up there, it's less intrusive at least. Put some user testimonials, anything other than telemetry data.