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gatmne | 8 years ago

Software that collects and sends back any form of information is a big no-no unless it's opt-in. It's not acceptable when vscode does it. It's not acceptable when .net-core does it. It isn't acceptable when Luna does it.

If you want your users to help you learn how Luna is used and preforms in real environments, you ask for them for feedback rather than forcefully extract it.

Having telemetry enabled by default (or much worse, being mandatory) is disrespectful. It's also a fairly good indicator of what you think of your users.

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aflinik|8 years ago

I totally agree with you on the mandatory part, I’d hope it would be widely accepted that opt-in is the way to go in such cases.

Although I need to point out there’s a huge difference between what people say vs what they actually do (see https://www.nngroup.com/articles/first-rule-of-usability-don...) and I can’t imagine an effective product development process that ignores the actual usage data.

ddrdrck_|8 years ago

I find your comment much more "disrespectful" than telemetry enabled by default. Did you read the mention that it was done for beta phase ? If you're not happy with that, then do not use beta, ask politely if it can be removed or made optional for final release, and stop whining and acting disdainfully.