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SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Privacy: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Wireframe reconstruction from views is technically impressive
From 1 comment
The kicker for this is whether the user is in control of the amount of masking going on or not. If the app maker is in control, and the user can do nothing but use the app or…
myu701 on HN
Objections
Recording every interaction is not private by default; data tied to user ID is PII
From 1 comment
How is recording every single user interaction with an app “private by default?” The data is tied to a user ID as far as I understand, so it is personally identifiable…
ThePhysicist on HN
Users cannot control masking; app maker controls it
From 2 comments
The kicker for this is whether the user is in control of the amount of masking going on or not. If the app maker is in control, and the user can do nothing but use the app or…
myu701 on HNWe offer a small level of control via the FS.consent API that we have available across platforms (https://developer.fullstory.com/consent), but at this time the app maker is…
mmastrac on HN
Cost is high
From 2 comments
love fullstory - great atlanta company, and i know a bunch of people that work there are stellar! an issue i've had with them is the cost is very high in comparison to other…
k2xl on HNLogRocket (~2016) is much younger than FullStory (2012) - as an aside, though, I didn't find their UIs to be that similar. FullStory feels like its UI has certainly received more…
alehul on HN
Requests
Give end users control over masking and consent
From 3 comments
The kicker for this is whether the user is in control of the amount of masking going on or not. If the app maker is in control, and the user can do nothing but use the app or…
myu701 on HNSeems simple enough: To turn on any analytics users should be redirected from the app to the webpage. Anyone that doesn't go there and turn it on should have it off no matter…
Dustie on HNApps should prompt me for my permission to share any analytics data if they want to claim that they are "private-by-default". It would be nice if FullStory also provided…
Sephr on HN
Provide consent UI examples for app developers
From 1 comment
Apps should prompt me for my permission to share any analytics data if they want to claim that they are "private-by-default". It would be nice if FullStory also provided…
Sephr on HN
Questions
Is the product generally available?
From 1 comment
There is a demo request form, but no information on whether it's generally available. Is it?
lachyg on HN
Alternatives named
LogRocket
From 2 comments
love fullstory - great atlanta company, and i know a bunch of people that work there are stellar! an issue i've had with them is the cost is very high in comparison to other…
k2xl on HNLogRocket (~2016) is much younger than FullStory (2012) - as an aside, though, I didn't find their UIs to be that similar. FullStory feels like its UI has certainly received more…
alehul on HN
Transcend consent manager
From 1 comment
Apps should prompt me for my permission to share any analytics data if they want to claim that they are "private-by-default". It would be nice if FullStory also provided…
Sephr on HN