Jesus bellydancing Christ people, read beyond the title of the post for once. This is good.
This will enable results that aren't biased by the few users who find the option to opt-in (when it's not presented front and center) or actively answer to surveys.
They are taking as much care as possible with their words to make it clear that THEY DO NOT WANT TO TRACK YOU OR ABUSE YOUR DATA, it's just what's necessary for studies to better understand the users' needs.
- You will have the chance to disable it front and center during the setup process;
- No data will be sent before an active confirmation from the user during the setup process;
- You will be able to fetch the data at any point to check what's being collected
- They are reaching out to the community for guidance on what type of data we find acceptable or not
- You can have an active participation on the building of this tool
And specially this, for the OH GOD, ITS THE END OF THE LINOX DESKTOP among you:
IT'S A PROPOSAL, IT'S NOT BEING ACTIVELY DEVELOPED YET!
Not only there's no reason to overreact, this could be the start of something beautiful for the Linux desktop, where the users not only actively participate but actively control their data
How, exactly? They've been saying from the very beginning that they don't need or want personally-identifiable data.