Alex @mastodon.social Web developer, I like bouldering, books, and privacy. I post random tidbits.
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Why wait for Microsoft to catch up with what we've been doing for decades?
@jex @[email protected] @[email protected] @radioactiveradio While its FOSS, the telemetry is a slippery slope, and a single module now is the sign of a direction they've chosen. The flippant attitude of a developer mentioned in that reddit thread is worrying to say the least.
I'm aware its a single example about a project I know nothing about.
Why wait for Microsoft to catch up with what we've been doing for decades?
@[email protected] @[email protected] Never heard of Plasma, nor am I in linux ecosystem yet, but from brief googling Plasma telemetry and developer attitude towards it is concerning
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/f2bg69/kde_plasma_518_comes_with_builtin_telemetry_optin/