Nice links, that&#x27;s why I like comments.<p>Ok, let&#x27;s don&#x27;t state it as an argument, but rather as a question.<p>Do anyone that&#x27;s so much against opt-in is aware of closed source tools that tracks you and use it anyway?<p>And..<p>Do you use any third party web service like gmail or any other?<p>Although I hardly think I&#x27;ll get an answer from most. At some point you have to make assumptions, wether those are fallacies, ok.<p>It&#x27;s true it&#x27;s not directly related to the functioning of the software, but it improves it in anyway, then there&#x27;s a connection with it.<p>I take developer side and I personally look for see the grater good&#x2F;less harm and compromise.<p>Opt-in will likely give them very little % of adherence and thus rendering all of this useless. Most of the opt-in advocates have technical capabilities to opt-out in any way (homebrew way, network filters, forking ,etc...). So why not simply letting this go?<p>I do think homebrew is a rather technical tool so most users are tech savvy guys, but still.<p>For me, this is pretty similar debate to donating organs.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Organ_donation#Opt-in_versus_opt-out" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Organ_donation#Opt-in_versus_o...</a><p>And I am 100% an opt-out advocate!