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Re: Download Atom editor without an invite

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From the README: > 4. To help us improve the editor, Atom sends usage information to Google Analytics. See [atom/metrics]( https://github.com/atom/metrics ) for details. That is quite horrible in my opinion. Do I want an application on my computer that constantly sends information to Google and Github? What kind of information is it sending? (from the link) Collected Data + A unique identifier that is generated by co…

How dare they collect usage data to improve their free product!!!

It's not free (as in speech nor beer). Unless something has changed (I haven't been following), it will become paid after the beta period is over.

Re: Download Atom editor without an invite

#83
post #77
post #35

From the README: > 4. To help us improve the editor, Atom sends usage information to Google Analytics. See [atom/metrics]( https://github.com/atom/metrics ) for details. That is quite horrible in my opinion. Do I want an application on my computer that constantly sends information to Google and Github? What kind of information is it sending? (from the link) Collected Data + A unique identifier that is generated by co…

How dare they collect usage data to improve their free product!!!

Sorry to tell you, it is not free. https://atom.io/faq "We haven't settled on pricing yet, but you can expect it to be competitively priced compared to similar editors."

Re: Download Atom editor without an invite

#84
post #77
post #35

From the README: > 4. To help us improve the editor, Atom sends usage information to Google Analytics. See [atom/metrics]( https://github.com/atom/metrics ) for details. That is quite horrible in my opinion. Do I want an application on my computer that constantly sends information to Google and Github? What kind of information is it sending? (from the link) Collected Data + A unique identifier that is generated by co…

How dare they collect usage data to improve their free product!!!

I believe that the final product isn't going to be free - so that changes the landscape of the argument. Then again, maybe they won't have analytics in that version.

Note: I'm not making a comment on it being a paid for app - they've released bucket loads of open source code they wrote to create the editor. For that they should be praised.

Re: Download Atom editor without an invite

#85
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$ curl -L https://www.atom.io/api/updates/download {"message":"Not Found"} $ curl -sLI https://www.atom.io/api/updates/download HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found Cache-Control: no-cache Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 12:23:50 GMT Set-Cookie: request_method=HEAD; path=/; secure Status: 404 Not Found Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000 X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff X-Frame-Options:…

Notice the other comments set the user agent - to one I assume is used by the app itself when it does auto updates. You probably need to set that: -A "Atom/0.1 CFNetwork/1.5

true I forgot to paste it back, same difference though:

    $ curl -sLI https://www.atom.io/api/updates/download -A "Atom/0.1 CFNetwork/1.5"
    HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
    Cache-Control: no-cache
    Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
    Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 12:55:36 GMT
    Set-Cookie: request_method=HEAD; path=/; secure
    Status: 404 Not Found
    Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000
    X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
    X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
    X-Request-Id: 23d92789-1d1f-4ed0-bb95-9e2ff4b33bbf
    X-Runtime: 0.014090
    X-Ua-Compatible: chrome=1
    X-Xss-Protection: 1; mode=block
    Connection: keep-alive

Re: Download Atom editor without an invite

#86
post #77
post #35

From the README: > 4. To help us improve the editor, Atom sends usage information to Google Analytics. See [atom/metrics]( https://github.com/atom/metrics ) for details. That is quite horrible in my opinion. Do I want an application on my computer that constantly sends information to Google and Github? What kind of information is it sending? (from the link) Collected Data + A unique identifier that is generated by co…

How dare they collect usage data to improve their free product!!!

It doesn't matter whether it is free or not. My only aim was to provide information that might be relevant for some people interested in trying out Atom (admittedly I mixed this information with my personal position towards Google and the ever-present tracking aka surveillance) so that they know the implicit price of its usage.

You are free to use Atom or anything else, but you should always have as much information available as possible to correctly judge what you pay for any given thing.

Re: Download Atom editor without an invite

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Can you articulate why? Their terms of service aren't exactly a grand stand for freedom of expression: We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and Accounts containing Content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party's intellectual property or these Terms of Service. From: https:…

Well, I suppose I can try. While I understand that Github is a private body and that their site is, well, their site ... forcibly deleting someone's gist simply because they don't like that that someone has found a way around their invite process smacks of underhandedness. Will they suspend his account permanently as a result of this leak? Will he have his account limited in some other way, preventing him from having…

Imagine someone posting the url to access your commercial product because your dev didn't secure the download. And you have control over the post. What would you do then? And Github can delete anything they want. If anyone has problem with that, they sure can sue Github.

Re: Download Atom editor without an invite

#89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you articulate why? Their terms of service aren't exactly a grand stand for freedom of expression: We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and Accounts containing Content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party's intellectual property or these Terms of Service. From: https:…

Well, I suppose I can try. While I understand that Github is a private body and that their site is, well, their site ... forcibly deleting someone's gist simply because they don't like that that someone has found a way around their invite process smacks of underhandedness. Will they suspend his account permanently as a result of this leak? Will he have his account limited in some other way, preventing him from having…

Like I said - I get that.

Also, like I said - it seems underhanded that they just reach into an account and delete gists

Re: Download Atom editor without an invite

#90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you articulate why? Their terms of service aren't exactly a grand stand for freedom of expression: We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and Accounts containing Content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party's intellectual property or these Terms of Service. From: https:…

Well, I suppose I can try. While I understand that Github is a private body and that their site is, well, their site ... forcibly deleting someone's gist simply because they don't like that that someone has found a way around their invite process smacks of underhandedness. Will they suspend his account permanently as a result of this leak? Will he have his account limited in some other way, preventing him from having…

Well, is there any sort of content that you would not fault them for removing?
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