1Password: We're changing how we discover and prioritize improvements

1Password will not sell telemetry data to third parties, nor will identifiable data be sent to third parties. Our business model is to sell 1Password to you, not to sell information about you to others. Any identifiable data will be stored solely within our environment, as we’re self-hosting the telemetry collection and processing infrastructure. - Ben, 1Password

Surely they'd receive enough metrics from the folks opting in to the beta/pre releases. Why not tie telemetry to that? Or at least explain why that was thought about and dismissed. It's an obvious fair solution to me as a customer that's feeling a bit shafted into this.

Thanks for the input. I've shared it with our Product team. We’re actively exploring the specifics of how this experience will operate for a range of use cases. We’re fully committed to ongoing transparency, and will provide clear guidance once additional details are available from our research and development period. - Ben, 1Password

I agree with preferring the opt-out by default. My initial reaction to any opt-in default is to opt-out immediately and worry about why later if at all.

To further anonymize the data and increase user comfort, cycle the selected users daily so the same user's telemetry is not collected multiple days in a row. That limiting of data collection may also make it more acceptable to some users. For example, it may be more acceptable if telemetry data were collected no more frequently than one day per month or one day per two weeks.