The #Go team is considering to add telemetry to their compiler/toolchain:
github.com/golang/go/discussio…
As if that alone wasn't horrible enough, they want to make it opt-OUT.
I can't think of a reason why opt-OUT would be acceptable ... in any case.
This comment sums it up nicely 👇
![deanellis:
Enabled by default means you believe that what I do on my computer is your business unless I choose otherwise. This should be self-evidently "wrong", because what I do on my computer is absolutely not the Go team's business unless and until I choose to make it your business.
It does not matter whether knowing “what I do” makes your job easier, or is somehow "useful" to you. It does not matter if you find an implementation that is somehow technically "legal". It does not matter if the proposed implementation of telemetry itself is sound and reasonable. None of that changes the simple fact that what I do on my computer is not, by default, ever any of your business.
[That this is even under consideration raises a number of questions regarding Go's leadership and future direction.]](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/408607 "deanellis:
Enabled by default means you believe that what I do on my computer is your business unless I choose otherwise. This should be self-evidently \"wrong\", because what I do on my computer is absolutely not the Go team's business unless and until I choose to make it your business.
It does not matter whether knowing “what I do” makes your job easier, or is somehow \"useful\" to you. It does not matter if you find an implementation that is somehow technically \"legal\". It does not matter if the proposed implementation of telemetry itself is sound and reasonable. None of that changes the simple fact that what I do on my computer is not, by default, ever any of your business.
[That this is even under consideration raises a number of questions regarding Go's leadership and future direction.]")
telemetry in the Go toolchain · Discussion #58409 · golang/go
Feb 10 5pm US Eastern: Thanks for the lively discussion everyone. It has given me plenty to think about. We are starting to go in circles, and actually new comments are increasingly rare, so I'...GitHub