> all comes down to whether you trust Google Not true. The code is open source and everyone can trivially with minimal effort check that they are sending only the data they said they would send.
I still think it depends on the telemetry itself. Companies knowing my location at all times? Disgusting and creepy. Company knowing I ran `go help` 200x as opposed to running `go build` 10x is fine imho.
Users wishes would be respected in both opt-in and opt-out scenarios.
> Some industrial user wants a new Go feature or bugfix? Great. If it's enough of a problem, they can fix it and upstream a patch. Inbefore I go to a new job and find out that they are using outdated, custom patched go…
Look, I hate large corps too but this paranoia hinders open source's ability to self-cooperate. > Telemetry coming from this IP, so company x is using go. A pattern of data coming every 2 days, so their build nodes…
> all comes down to whether you trust Google Not true. The code is open source and everyone can trivially with minimal effort check that they are sending only the data they said they would send.
I still think it depends on the telemetry itself. Companies knowing my location at all times? Disgusting and creepy. Company knowing I ran `go help` 200x as opposed to running `go build` 10x is fine imho.
Users wishes would be respected in both opt-in and opt-out scenarios.
> Some industrial user wants a new Go feature or bugfix? Great. If it's enough of a problem, they can fix it and upstream a patch. Inbefore I go to a new job and find out that they are using outdated, custom patched go…
Look, I hate large corps too but this paranoia hinders open source's ability to self-cooperate. > Telemetry coming from this IP, so company x is using go. A pattern of data coming every 2 days, so their build nodes…