[ccorcos]

Homebrew says they ask before sending telemetry and you can say no…

And you’re sending your IP address all over the internet. Is Hacker News violating your privacy because they have a log an incoming requests?

It’s not like Homebrew is identifying YOU by name or cross referencing the UUID on your machine to advertise to you…

I just think it’s hard to appreciate how much work it takes to build quality software. And automated reporting really helps!

Living in a “trustless” world is a myth.

[sneak]

They don’t ask before, it happens without consent. The problem is claiming it’s anonymous when it’s not. Loading hacker news is also not anonymous. Calling something anonymous when it transmits your IP address is factually incorrect.

[userbinator]

I just think it’s hard to appreciate how much work it takes to build quality software. And automated reporting really helps!

It sounds like Homebrew has its own reality distortion field, to be able to produce such pure unadulterated self-congratulatory BS like that.

As someone who had the unfortunate experience of having to try it once and interact with the "community", I am not surprised to see that it's still a bubble of delusion lead by someone trying to emulate Apple's cult.

[inyourtenement]

I'm a fan of lihaoyi's response to similar tracking accusations.

> It's on by default. If you don't like that, turn it off. Or stop using Ammonite if you want to make a philosophical statement. I don't make any money off any of you, so I won't be particularly sad to see anyone go.

https://www.reddit.com/r/scala/comments/6irnix/about_ammonit...