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>Data is being sent to Google everytime you do almost anything in almost all websites, using the same technology. So what?

This still doesn't mean we should just shut up and take it for desktop software. What anyone does on its OS shouldn't leave the LAN - same critique stands for recent MS endeavour with Windows 10.

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I definitely don't mean that we should shut up and take it. But before we complain about an open source project that maaaaany devs use happily, let's complain about those other cases first, yea?

We can complain just fine about whichever software we want, don't try to make up rules and come to us with fake outrage about even greater injustices.

This is a classical attempt to muddy the waters.

Ok, sure. At least complain for both. I didn't see the post referring to anything besides brew. I'm all for protesting and trying to fix any size and kind of injustice. But just don't target the less guilty. brew is still guilty for not having an even bigger announcement. But less target others too, at least. I would hate to see brew or any other similar software be the sole target and have to change for the worse, because it was unlucky enough to be the scapegoat.

>I didn't see the post referring to anything besides brew.

That's because this post is about brew. Windows 10 got tons of flak when it pulled this crap as well. "There are worse cases" is not an excuse for a project doing something shitty.

let's complain about those other cases first, yea?

Search HN for "Windows 10" and you'll get plenty of complaints.

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