💡 portal for anonymous telemetry. Hear me out!
Many developers want to have telemetry so that they can learn about how their app is used and how they perform.
It can lead to better software, but it's also a privacy nightmare 😮💨
Currently, apps need to enable full network for it (or more) and users have 0 control over it. This is happening. Right now.
What if there was a way to remove all the negative aspects of telemetry so that we can consider it safe? 🛡️
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@sonny Honest question: can you define "that they can learn about how their app is used"?
I get that devs might want performance information and crash reports, and maybe know on what OS it is running. But I am confused about the: how the app is used part.
I mean, a music player plays audio files. A text editor edits text, a translation app translates text, etc.
@joao @sonny It can be very useful to know what specific features people are using, and which they are not. In that music player, are they using playlists, or just listening to albums? How often do they use the repeat or shuffle options? Are they mainly listening on headphones or through the device speakers? Knowing those things can help to focus limited development resources.