yursan9 I don't use Steam. I have been researching for quite some time now trying to find a way to find an operating system that will not collect my data, and that also includes that apps I use. I am already facing a major issue as I cannot find an alternative to replace my smartphone OS due to many options relying on android, which is run by google, and google with its history with chrome, chrome OS, and their other services and products, as well as Facebook, amazon, Microsoft, which all in common like to collect as much information as possible. I even started using protonmail and many other email services as a switch attempt from google. All i wanted to know is that will Solus as an "organizaiton" willing to fight for data privacy as Red Hat Interperise is trying to do and continue to do so in the future? And what will they do when they have to rely on something (either drivers, software, package manager, etc.) that collects user data?
But it seems to me that the Solus community is more worried about Open Source and usability, and may be forgetting about how far companies are pushing to collect as much information as possible from their users through the execuse of ease of use.
I really wanted to invest into this OS, but if the Solus developers are going to be short minded, and just be like "we don't collect any data" and not make sure that the apps that can be installed from other sources could be tracked in any way, then that is the similar to Facebook saying "you can disable location tracking", or Amazon saying "the amazon alexa does not collect your audio recordings".
This rant is not to be some way to put down Solus. Its just that developers are now pushing Open Source without considering how Open Source software could be developed and designed to be spyware, and since the code can get very large over a large period of time, be difficult to track every little change, and have tracking integrated, and not bother checking it nor the company, community, or organization.
I just want a community that I can actually trust, that when they say you are not tracked, nor our services track nor the apps which we offer track you. I guess that might be too much to ask.
