[quantummkv]

> In case it's not clear to other readers: `funding` had no tracking, no data collection, and no code from untrusted third parties. It was a `console.log` with some fancy formatting.

The same was said about the early banner ads, early popup ads, early..... Well I think you get the point.

> They certainly would not. I was very clear to the sponsors that there would be no analytics.

The real danger is not that you are untrustworthy to uphold this on your packages. The real danger here is the normalisation of this behaviour. You might not add tracking. But once the big advertisers jump, they will want analytics. How much time would it take for a fork with tracking to appear? And thanks to the incentives and pressures, this will overtake and become the standard, as it happened across the web.

You might not do it, but there is no guarantee others will not. It's best to not keep the temptation there.