This is AFTER debloating all the MS bs as much as I can.
The amount of MS telemetry is just mindboggling.
this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2023
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As someone who has designed and used telemetry systems, I’ll never quite understand the strong aversion some people have to them. Telemetry is what lets me tell my boss “yes people really do use our software this way and we can’t break it” or “90% of crashes happen right after the player uses a grenade”. And despite what some conspiracy theorists would have you believe, telemetry data for software from reputable companies does not get sold or used for marketing purposes. Our lawyers make sure of it, and also make us go through privacy reviews to make sure that data isn’t leaking PII.
In general I agree, but users should be able to make that decision themselves. I do not understand why you can't turn off telemetry, when it would be trivial to offer that option and so few users would bother to use it.
Agreed
It should be opt-in, not opt-out.
I agree, it should be opt in. Where I disagree is with how strongly people react against it.
If you buy a car and it only comes with Bluetooth do you have a meltdown? Do you kick, scream, and cry that Big Car is going to steal your data? No that's fucking ridiculous. But grown ass man children on Lemmy act that way when Microsoft wants to know how many gigs of ram they have.
This is a terrible analogy. First of all, Bluetooth isn't sending data back to headquarters. It's a short range wireless connection between your gadgets. It couldn't even if it wanted to.
Secondly, no one is kicking, screaming, and crying. You said it yourself "that's fucking ridiculous", and you're right, because you just made it up to attack those you disagree with.
Finally, would you be upset if your car sent info on where and how you drive back to Ford? Or do you consider the places you go to be your own private information? Because despite your exaggerations, that's actually what we're talking about here. Some people would, and some people wouldn't. You're obviously in the latter group. But I don't consider what I do in my free time to be anyone's business but my own, and I'm offended that any business thinks it's entitled to it.