Update: UniFi Phone Home/Performance Data Collection
We've seen two episodes of companies who enjoy the goodwill of the enthusiast/advocate sector committing obvious foot-gun maneuvers in as many weeks.  First it was GitLab, and now Ubiquiti.  Both should have known better than to hoist telemetry on self-hosted software.  Doing so betrays a willful ignorance or disdain (or both) for the very reasons these enthusiasts self-host.<p>The good news is that in both cases, the community has been clear in its reprimand, and the companies have reversed course (or promised to do so, in the case of Ubiquiti).  I'd like to see more companies realize this is an opportunity rather than a threat: an opportunity to create products and services that deeply respect privacy and market this advantage over the competition.