> isn't it better to talk do your users and find out their pain points with your product directly, instead of trying to guess at them from analytics data?
you're trivializing a very big and complicated issue. why not both?
what is worse - anonymous usage statistics or needing to sign up with an email address to get notified of surveys and whatnot. one is passive, one is active.
it's also about more than just feature improvements... brew runs on a ton of different platforms/environments (https://formulae.brew.sh/analytics/os-version/30d/) and having this data helps prioritize the efforts of open source developers.
you're trivializing a very big and complicated issue. why not both?
what is worse - anonymous usage statistics or needing to sign up with an email address to get notified of surveys and whatnot. one is passive, one is active.
it's also about more than just feature improvements... brew runs on a ton of different platforms/environments (https://formulae.brew.sh/analytics/os-version/30d/) and having this data helps prioritize the efforts of open source developers.
without analytics data you are flying blind.