You use Homebrew. In return, you send anonymous stats to save the developers time. If you&#x27;d prefer not to, set the env var or stop using Homebrew.<p>Alternatively, fork it, take out the modifications, and run your own version of Homebrew. But that takes time, and effort; that same time and effort homebrew devs are trying to save with a feature. Why is your time as a user valuable but the Homebrew dev&#x27;s time not?