Again, it’s just your preference. No one is forcing you to use such software. It’s not the moral issue you’re framing it as.
We also don’t have “decades of data”. Almost all large scale software systems leverage some form of telemetry/monitoring. Would you run a factory without quality control on the process? A more interesting question to me is which large software systems don’t use telemetry? Linux maybe?
“Says responsible developers”. That’s called rationalizing friend.
This conversation can go nowhere because you believe you’re right and others are wrong. You really should accept that you have a specific preference and other people have other preferences. It’s not a question of right or wrong.
I’m not advocating that users ignore the possibility of spying. All software has the potential to spy on you. But that does not mean you can publicly accuse a developer who wants to add telemetry of spying.
> Users should be able to trust that their software won't be blabbing over the network about what you're doing.
Says who? That’s just your opinion. My opinion is that if an exception happens in my software that makes it harder for me to use, the developer should be aware of the issue and fix it so that the software works correctly in the future. There isn’t anything wrong with your opinion, but there is something wrong of accusing the developer of some type of impropriety just because they want to use telemetry.
I'll never understand peoples' obsession with equating telemetry with spyware. As an application developer, I need to know that my application is working appropriately for my users. It's not sufficient to rely on manual bug reports. If someone doesn't like that, then that's perfectly fine in my opinion. Just don't use the product. To accuse an application developer of spying on users is a bit much imo.
I think the main reason mainline SQLs continue to be popular is that, unlike general purpose programming languages, the implementation of the query runner is the most important aspect, not then language spec. Take Python for instance. The official implementation objectively sucks, yet it remains extremely popular because the language implementation is only a part of a language’s success. That won’t fly for a db engine.
I installed ducts. For me, personally, I think it was worth it. I live in an old home, but someone 50 years ago replaced all of the radiators with baseboard radiators (why???). So ducts over baseboard radiators is a huge upgrade.
These are brand new heat pumps. I don’t think it’s possible to have high efficiency at cold temps because of the need for a defrost cycle. I just check and mine are around 2 COP at 8F and 5 COP at 40F.
Whole-house heating with resistive electric heating is going to get expensive, quickly. If they're serious about installing these in cold weather climates, they should have more information about the cut over temperature and the efficiency of the heat pumps at those temperatures.
Just for context, my heat pumps cut over around 40-45 degrees to gas-based heat.
Those are beautiful looking units. It's a cool idea to focus on giving something very pedestrian and utilitarian a nice cosmetic overhaul.
I just replaced radiators with a heat pump install. I had a few questions about your units: What are "backup heating strips?" They're mentioned in passing when talking about cold weather, but I imagine there is some meat here. Also, even though many heat pumps work in cold weather, their efficiency drops. Where is the break even point? Also, what is the sound level of the condenser unit? It looks like you only list sound levels for the air handler.
We also don’t have “decades of data”. Almost all large scale software systems leverage some form of telemetry/monitoring. Would you run a factory without quality control on the process? A more interesting question to me is which large software systems don’t use telemetry? Linux maybe?