[holtalanm]

my question here is:

are we really concerned about console tools overreaching their telemetry? personally, I am not.

I would love to know why others think this is some kind of huge issue, without a bunch of 'what-if' scenarios.

[maddyboo]

I am. The terminal is one of the few places I am not being tracked. It’s also a portal into my most private data and activity, so if there’s one place I don’t want to be tracked, it’s here.

I do not long for a future where the terminal ecosystem resembles the state of the greater internet with regards to privacy and tracking. We’ve collectively watched it happen to almost every other segment of technology in the past 20-odd years, so it’s not far fetched to believe it could happen here as well.

[holtalanm]

are there documented cases of these cli tools abusing their telemetry? are they entirely used to pinpoint performance issues and bugs within the tools that implement this telemetry tracking?

if it is the former, i can see there being cause for concern. if it is the latter, this is just pure fear-mongering.