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colechristensen on Oct 29, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Gitlab cancels plan on tracking user behavior on G...

What?

>I don’t understand. This should not be an opt in or an opt out. It is a condition of using our product. There is an acceptance of terms and the use of this data should be included in that.

In what way is that "nasty"?

sigzero on Oct 29, 2019 [–]

It's "clueless" but not "nasty".

TeMPOraL on Oct 30, 2019 | [–]

It's either extremely clueless or nasty, but regardless, it also expresses a suggestion that's hostile to the users.

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