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[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Opt-in telemetry is useless telemetry, they make it opt-out because its the only way to get representative numbers

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Why do you need unwilling representing numbers in the first place? Just ask advanced users on the official forum about what they want to see added. You only really need error logs that are absolutely opt-in

[–] jackalope@lemmy.ml 22 points 6 months ago

"advanced users" on forums are rarely very representive of users as a whole.

[–] drwho 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The number of people who actually change their default settings is quite small. Those of us who have these discussions are a distinct minority in the sum userbase.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I used this fact a lot in arguments and I agree. What I'm saying is that it could be worse

[–] drwho 5 points 6 months ago

And I agree with you.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 10 points 6 months ago

I have not seen a single case where advanced users have the same opinions as the average one