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.

Edit…

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

  • @[email protected]English
    8•11 months ago

    Do not collect more data than you need. If you need IP for some reason then that needs to be relevant. Is your app geographically based, for instance? And does the location or IP impact how the app works?

    Beyond that, if you’re collecting personal or sensitive data it should be opt-in from a privacy focused perspective.

    • @catalog3115OP
      1•11 months ago

      Only reason we collect IP address is to evaluate which country is most active & focus localisation(language etc)

      • gian English
        1•11 months ago

        Not that usefull probably. I am in Italy but I use english language for most of the software I use daily, for example.

        For this I think it is better to have a simple way to contribute with or ask for the translations.