> What I do think however, is that it should very clearly notify the user of this, and give them an easy way to disable it.
You make a good point.
As a for instance from a popular Mac-based package manager that (unexpectedly for many) defaults to telemetry from your CLI:
`brew analytics off` is not hard to type after installing homebrew, but the installation text doesn't mention that; instead it points to a web page you have to read about how wonderful the analytics are before eventually finding the incantation:
I wonder how many people care enough to click that link, read all the "analytics are actually good for you" copy, and then change their mind to leave it on. I'm guessing almost zero?
But perhaps most users won't cut and paste the link, where if it just suggested `brew analytics off` many users would type it.
You make a good point.
As a for instance from a popular Mac-based package manager that (unexpectedly for many) defaults to telemetry from your CLI:
`brew analytics off` is not hard to type after installing homebrew, but the installation text doesn't mention that; instead it points to a web page you have to read about how wonderful the analytics are before eventually finding the incantation:
https://docs.brew.sh/Analytics
I wonder how many people care enough to click that link, read all the "analytics are actually good for you" copy, and then change their mind to leave it on. I'm guessing almost zero?
But perhaps most users won't cut and paste the link, where if it just suggested `brew analytics off` many users would type it.