MDD - Opt-in vs Opt-out

[Kobold]

@Ben

and my reaction was exactly as extreme as yours…

Extreme as me? Because im not behind a (unasked) calling home telemetry?

I just don’t like that Topic and the whole conversation. Maybe its the other way around?

I didnt donated 175€ just to see few years later… A MDD Topic with:“Sorry but we need your Telemetry anyways.”

For me it looks extreme to defend this and i think that @freggel.doe responsed to @romangg statement in the right way and called out what it is.

I think this is one of the highlights from the first MDD Topics:

Testers needed: Manjaro Data Donor

This (frequency) is very problematic in my eyes, especially since the device_id (or even something seemlngly harmless as the install_date) is indeed suitable to track a single device. Your users aren’t dumb - don’t treat them as such. If you have trouble explaining your data collection reasons, contents and processing in short and concise paragraphs to them, it’s not your users fault. I think data collection without consent and opt-in is user hostile. You’re not acting on a “personal lev…