• WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    diagnostic

    I think it is useful to send crash reports, but the user should have power over it (see: when macOS generates a crash report, it asks the user if they would like to send it)

    engagement measuring

    That is your data they are taking to make money off of without your consent, and I consider that malicious. There are ways to do that with consent. See: Steam’s annual hardware survey

    • Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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      1 day ago

      That is your data they are taking to make money off of without your consent

      I mean… They’re a for-profit company, so literally anything they do is to make money.

      But it’s not “my data”, it’s anonymous. The “engagement” info is in relation to features. That’s why some features are removed - because nobody uses them. Or rather: not enough people use them to warrant maintenance.