Should I enable telemetry?
In the end, it is of course your own desision. But I will try to explain why built telemetry in Light Party. Note: Since version 2.2, this is no longer relevant.
In the end, it is of course your own desision. But I will try to explain why built telemetry in Light Party. Note: Since version 2.2, this is no longer relevant.
Since version 2.2 in 02/2026, stand-alone telementry has been completely removed. The following is only relevant for version prior to 2.2.
When telemetry is enabled, a request is sent to a server each time you start the application. This request contains the names of your country and state, which are detected in beforehand with the help of a service from Cloudflare.
You can find more about that topic in the summary of the Privacy Policy.
Basically, I (the developer) want to know how many people are really using Light Party so that I can evaluate translations of the application in other languages or whether adding new features makes sense.
For example, if I know that more than a third of users use the application in Germany I might be tempted to release a german translation. Or when I notice that the application is very popular, it's far more likely that I implement a demanding feature.
But like I said in the beginning: In the end, it is of course your own desision. I can competly understand you, if you don't want to have telemetry activated. However, I'm pleased for everyone who enables telemetry.