[nijave]

I can sort of back that for desktop apps but telemetry is so trivial for webapps needing a reproducer is almost an embarrassing admission the operator has no clue what they're doing.

Error tracking and tracing make it fairly straight forward to retroactively troubleshoot unreproducible issues.

[account42]

And total 24/7 surveillance also makes police work easier, but it's still wrong.

[nijave]

...you're claiming error tracking and monitoring are wrong?

We're talking about companies you voluntarily have a relationship with, not the government

[account42]

The telemetry is almost always not voluntary and neither is the relation ship with the companies in the first place unless you mean that technically you could become a hermit living in the woods.