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> While I was looking for how to swap out the backend to self-hosted, I noticed that analytics is hardcoded to true. Something to be aware of.

Hostility is definitely not the intention, which is why we provide a way to turn it off in the config.

But looks like we should provide a way to turn it off in a settings page somewhere too.

Co-opting computers you don’t own to spy on the activities of the owners of those computers without their consent is unethical.

The name we use for software that contains such functionality serving only its remote developer is “spyware”.

Or turn it off by default and the interested users can turn it on.