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[–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

When it comes to Foss projects I would gladly give away my data for improvement of the project.

[–] icogniito@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Shareni@programming.dev 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

And what improvements could come from incompetent fucks knowing your hostname, mac adress, and other identifying information? Aside from improving their financial status that is...

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If it defaults to dont send anything fine by me.

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)
[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fuck em. Not that i use manjaro anyways

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I do use it... Sad 😢😭

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Personally I don't really mind opt out unless the choice isn't clearly presented to people for them to decide.

Like if during installation one of the steps is "share anonymized data" and the switch is in the on position by default, I really don't mind that. Usage data is massively helpful from a UI/UX perspective and in terms of user testing, doubly so for open source projects without as much resources for doing that kind of testing otherwise.

But if it's burried in a settings pannel somewhere, that sucks and doesn't respect user agency

Thats how I feel anyway 🤷‍♂️

[–] HeckGazer@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh for fucks sake. Why must enshitification come for everything

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is it enshitification if it was shit all along?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Shareni@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pre installs an AUR helper

Delays base packages so AUR ones break

DDOS AUR

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

On the one hand the AUR should be able to withstand an attack without going down.

On the other hand, you probably shouldn't be the one to cause the problem. I wouldn't be surprised if the AUR has a safeguards now.

[–] Fizz 1 points 2 months ago

As long as it's opt in I'd happily give user data to improve ui\ux. But it doesn't seem like it is so good!

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Manjaro? How about Manjarno