First off, I’m a developer myself. A developer in the EU. In Germany. Working on open source. In fact, on open source with goals to preserve privacy.
I’ve dealt with these issues before myself.
And I understand well what they collect, how, and why. I understand how painful it is when you have no data on what is used, and how, or not even crashreports.
But there also is a limit to how far you can go, and where consent is required.
And when transmitting anything, or collecting anything, consent is required.
You could make it dependent on situation. If a performance issue occurs, show a bar: "Is this website slow? Click [Here] to submit a report so it can be improved. [Details] [X] Always submit".
This gives the user a far better understanding of what is submitted, why it is needed, it is contextual, and it is still opt-in (but with far better conversion)
I’ve dealt with these issues before myself.
And I understand well what they collect, how, and why. I understand how painful it is when you have no data on what is used, and how, or not even crashreports.
But there also is a limit to how far you can go, and where consent is required.
And when transmitting anything, or collecting anything, consent is required.
You could make it dependent on situation. If a performance issue occurs, show a bar: "Is this website slow? Click [Here] to submit a report so it can be improved. [Details] [X] Always submit".
This gives the user a far better understanding of what is submitted, why it is needed, it is contextual, and it is still opt-in (but with far better conversion)