MetricsDataPing: Difference between revisions

* The argument "if they don't want to, they can opt-out" is a fallacy, because most users will not know about this data gathering. They cannot opt-out, if they don't know about it, because they have never been asked.

* The difference between opt-in and opt-out is that opt-out includes many of those users who do not wish to participate, therefore violating their wishes and rights.

* This is why European and German law *requires* opt-in for any gathering of data about the user.

* So, if the argument is that the result data will be different, then yes, it will be different, because it includes those users who do not wish to be included, but are included anyway in an opt-out scheme. If fact, if they actually do opt-out, then the data would be different again, therefore the same argument of "statistic is biased" applies. If the argument is that opt-out has average data, then only because many user wishes are violated.