Add download meters

[NoozAbooz]

What does this suggestion do to pi-ware?
It helps people gauge what's popular and what do download, as well as telling app contributors if their app is popular.

This could be implemented similarly to RPI Imager's telemetry, where installing a app sends a signal to a website to increase download counts in a JSON file for a app, and remove counts upon uninstall.

[Painadath]

please give a completely description

[Painadath]

@mobilegmyt

[NoozAbooz]

Wdym?

[IsaacMvmv]

@mobilegmyt Like a download count of each app?

[NoozAbooz]

@mobilegmyt Like a download count of each app?

Yep

[oxmc]

I think we can implement that.

What does this suggestion do to pi-ware?
It helps people gauge what's popular and what do download, as well as telling app contributors if their app is popular.

This could be implemented similarly to RPI Imager's telemetry, where installing a app sends a signal to a website to increase download counts in a JSON file for a app, and remove counts upon uninstall.

[IsaacMvmv]

I think we can implement that.

What does this suggestion do to pi-ware?
It helps people gauge what's popular and what do download, as well as telling app contributors if their app is popular.
This could be implemented similarly to RPI Imager's telemetry, where installing a app sends a signal to a website to increase download counts in a JSON file for a app, and remove counts upon uninstall.

BuT, that number could be manipulated, also I can make an script to change that number to whatever we want, taking the line of the installer and modifying it :/

[oxmc]

oh, no. We will have the file download each time.

[IsaacMvmv]

k

[ZaydTheCoder]

There can be a .txt file that stores the data. We would need it not to be in a obvious directory so users don't modify it.

[IsaacMvmv]

But script says where can be located, and we can view the script

[ZaydTheCoder]

Yes, there is no way to hide where it stores the file

[IsaacMvmv]

I suggest ip saving, like:

IP=$(curl ifconfig.me)
if $IP is same as saved somewhere, not send 2 website

[oxmc]

There can be a .txt file that stores the data. We would need it not to be in a obvious directory so users don't modify it.

We can also change view permissons