Your response seems to completely miss the point of the thread you're replying to. The discussion in question was, effectively
>>> You can write your own code to gather statistics
>> You should respect your user's desires and not gather statistics
> The users aren't the only ones with desires
Sure, whether or not you "can" do it is black and white (and a game of whack-a-mole many times), but whether or not you "should" do it is very much a gray area.
>>> You can write your own code to gather statistics
>> You should respect your user's desires and not gather statistics
> The users aren't the only ones with desires
Sure, whether or not you "can" do it is black and white (and a game of whack-a-mole many times), but whether or not you "should" do it is very much a gray area.