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>>segfau+(OP)
Am i the only one that finds

    System Information: Hardware specs, OS details, architecture
    Usage Patterns: Active time, session duration, feature usage
    Performance Metrics: Response times, resource consumption
    Unique Identifiers: Machine ID, user ID, device fingerprints
    Workspace Details: Project information, file paths (obfuscated)

Not to really bad that obtrusive? Like i don't really see anything there that i'd be offended in them taking?

>>cchanc+LB
I always want the choice to be mine.

I was interested in learning Dart until the installer told me Google would be collecting telemetry. For a programming language. I’ve never looked at it again.

>>macint+tF
As a somewhat paranoid person I find this level of paranoia beyond me. Like do you own a car? Or a phone? A credit card? Walk around in public where there's cameras on every block? I don't agree with it at all but the world we're living it makes it impossible to not be tracked with way more than (usually anonymized) telemetry data.

>>ragequ+FP
> (usually anonymized) telemetry data.

Anonymization is usually a lie:

>>20513521

>>21428449

Also please stop with security/privacy nihilism, >>27897975

>>fsflov+up1
It's not nihilism. I still ad block, use an RFID wallet, and don't install any apps on my phone, I rarely use google for anything. But at some point when something is so ridiculously useful and the data they're getting doesn't really mean much of anything I have to stop caring. I use Windows 11 (gross) because it lets me play video games with my friends I can't otherwise. I use Uber because it lets me get across town. I use Visual Studio because it helps me code. I use Chatgpt because it helps me with so many things. To take away any one of those because I'm a privacy absolutist seems silly to me. It has the exact same vibe of never leaving your room because you're afraid of all the cameras.

I'd like there to be a push back against these companies because I find their practices disgusting but running linux with only open source software and a fairphone is just an extreme I'm unwilling to entertain because it's just not possible in my (or most people's) world.