Comment 103 for bug 402767

This is a stupid argument. I've read about half of it. Let me summarize:

1. People are shocked at new functionality. Because it breaks old functionality. This happens, this is a legitimate complaint; however, stop being psycho about it.

2. People are shocked at the concept of having data collected. This is a legitimate argument for data collected about them; however, the data being collected here IS ABOUT SOFTWARE. How did a user get to here? Not how did Alex get here, but how did A USER get here? More importantly, 6,000 searches were performed; how many used the start page, how many went to Google.com, how many used the Google search bar?

  People are complaining that data is being collected from them, but not about them. Meanwhile, in the log files for Google, every search you've ever sent shows up with your IP address; they don't analyze it (maybe, maybe they do), but they collect it in far more detail than you care to complain about.

3. People are even more shocked that Ubuntu may garner revenue from some method the user isn't informed about. Why not be shocked that the tiles at the airport are piezoelectric generators that collect electricity as you walk? How dare they!

Seriously, people, what the hell is your problem? Please explain exactly what threat there is here. What huge violation of your rights is occurring when data you send out across a network winds up on somebody's servers? Especially when said data is concerned with WHAT you did and not WHO did it, and thus the software discards anything that has anything to do with anything other than what part of the screen was clicked (i.e. your IP, your user name, where the hell you came from, etc)?

I read this entire thread as "FIGHT THE POWAH MAN! STICK IT TO THE MAN! MAKING MONEY IS BAD! KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR USERS IS BAD!" Translation: You are a bunch of rabid hippies.