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> Well, it allows you to track which packages are used how much and gather ip addresses of your users.

So does Rubygems, PyPI, npm, or any other package tool.

If you want to have a broader discussion about package tools: be my guest. But people misrepresenting and banging on about the Go proxy specifically got boring a long time ago.

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I haven't misrepresented anything. I have also mentioned I don't think the Go module proxy is a bad thing. I think it's a good thing. I understand why it's there. We share the same opinion I think, in general.

What I am arguing is that the people who are saying "this new telemetry design could allow them to gather ip addresses - which are 'personal' data" are arguing over a ship that has sailed years ago.

Apologies if I wasn't being clear enough.

You're right; I probably read too much in your comments while they're more nuanced than I took them for. My apologies. I think we actually mostly agree. It's just that people bring up Go proxy every time anything is discussed about Go (and some distros like Debian even disable it) with what I can only describe as unfair accusations that are levelled against Go uniquely and not against any other system with similar behaviour.

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