Console Do Not Track – Proposal for a standard environment variable
Sure. But I have a question: <i>why</i>? Why should we <i>opt out</i> of the telemetry? To me, this idea seems to not just be admitting defeat, it's <i>ensuring</i> defeat right from the start.<p>Telemetry should always be opt-in. Yes, that means vendors will get much less data. It's on them to deal with it.<p>On a related note, I wonder how long it takes until one of the vendors of popular CLI tools or desktop apps get fined for GDPR violation. I wonder how much of existing telemetry already crosses the "informed consent" requirement threshold. I'll definitely be filing a complaint if I find a tool that doesn't ask for it when, by law, it should.