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And you'll be primed for all the telemetry Fedora doesn't want you to opt out of. Coming soon.
God why are people here so obsessed with optional telemetry. Fedora aren't selling your secrets to advertiser's, they are just trying to create a better experience for users, and you can always opt out.
Has it ever occured to you that it is also good to give back to the open source community?
Yes, I'm glad at least one person has this opinon!
Touch grass or look into the thing before spreading FUD
Well now is the telemetry opt-out or isn't it?
During the initial startup, you're asked if you want to share telemetry. I honestly can't remember if it's default on or off, but you can't miss it.
It's literally just a proposal. Nothing has been set in stone and nothing has been developed yet. Again, please, look into the thing.
Yea, big evil telemetry like “are users using this feature?”
Oh no, I feel so tracked.
You're getting confused with Windows.
Fedora isn't Windows.
Do you just look for things to get mad at? This hasn't even been implemented yet. Even if it had, it would be opt-in. And even if you opt-in, the data is all anonymous and you would be able to see exactly the data that gets sent out. If Fedora or anyone else really wanted to spy on you, I assure you they wouldn't let you know beforehand.
What telemetry