• N0x0n@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Homebrew enables Google Analytics by default. Sending telemetry without even warning users to opt out, was a bad look, even before Google was convicted as a monopoly.

    That’s not true anymore. All previously saved Google analytics have been deleted and when you install hombrew for the first time you get an info box about how to opt-out.

    https://docs.brew.sh/Analytics

    • ティージェーグレェ@rap.social
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      3 months ago

      @N0x0n when did it change?

      Because:

      "Opting out

      Homebrew analytics helps us maintainers and leaving it on is appreciated. However, if you want to opt out of Homebrew’s analytics, you can set this variable in your environment:

      export HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS=1

      Alternatively, this will prevent analytics from ever being sent:

      brew analytics off"

      From the URL you provided, seems the same as it has always been, opt-in by default.

      • N0x0n@lemmy.ml
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        3 months ago

        It’s still opt-in by default, but as I said:

        • They do not use google analytics anymore
        • You get a text saying how to opt-out when installing before anything is send to their analytic server

        They are also very transparent on what is send. That’s actually not that bad.