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If I create a OSS app with analytics to detect & log crashes with feature use, is it a bad practice? (self.opensource)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by catalog3115 to c/[email protected]
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If I create a OSS app with analytics to detect & log crashes with feature use, is it a bad practice? I think analytics is really helpful in finding:-

  • which features are worth developing &
  • which bugs needs to be solved first.

Edit...

Things Collected

  • IP Address for use ping (for country)
  • All crashes with IP
  • Feature use with IP Crashes are store for upto 6 months to solve bug but rest are collected and delete after 3 months

It is opt-out but user are informed about it during first / install time. To disable analytics Settings --> Privacy

I want to know right way to introduce analytics in OSS

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[–] Jimbabwe 40 points 10 months ago (1 children)

All depends on what you collect, how it’s stored, how transparent you are about it, and how easy it is to opt out of. It can definitely be done well.

[–] Zachariah 19 points 10 months ago

I prefer opt-in.