From the GitHub doc[0]:<p>&gt; Homebrew is provided free of charge and run entirely by volunteers in their spare time. As a result, we do not have the resources to do detailed user studies of Homebrew users to decide on how best to design future features and prioritise current work. Anonymous aggregate user analytics allow us to prioritise fixes and features based on how, where and when people use Homebrew.<p>I read this as:
&quot;Google Business Development contacted us and offered us a sum of money for high-privilege-level analytic data on developers.&quot;<p>I would have rather homebrew extended the donation coffer cup on line 0 every time &quot;brew update&quot; or &quot;brew install <i>foo</i>&quot; was called.  Much like how Wikipedia ends up getting me to donate each year.    Part of me wonders if this was my fault for not donating.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Homebrew&#x2F;brew&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;share&#x2F;doc&#x2F;homebrew&#x2F;Analytics.md" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Homebrew&#x2F;brew&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;share&#x2F;doc&#x2F;homeb...</a>