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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.

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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

It takes years to build a good reputation in OSS, and only one dumb thing (like opt-out of personal data) to ruin it.

(Yes, IPs may be considered personal data in that they can be used to identify individuals, and so subject to the GDPR and, potentially, the very high fines associated with that. Unless you're evil, don't collect any personal or identifying data unless you absolutely have to, and very triple sure the user knows what you're sending and why)