On: Homebrew now sends usage information to Google Analytics

[toomuchtodo]

Only if you're willing to pay for it. Otherwise, you trade privacy for convenience, or some other benefit.

Its, of course, always your choice if you're willing to trade it for something.

[mortenlarsen → toomuchtodo]

There is a lot of free, open and convenient software that respects my privacy.

Do you think money or privacy violations must be part of the equation to make good software?

That is like the old argument against free/open software that I heard from a lot of people, back in the 90's. I thought we were past that.