> It's definitely nothing out of the ordinary and is common practice among many tools and apps you already use.
Also as usual it's opt-out and NOT opt-in. People get riled because (usually)
a) built in telemetry is almost always an unexpected and unannounced change - only to be discovered later.
b) opt-in is the only approach that leaves your trust in tact - everyone uses opt-out because they know the majority of users people will not choose to opt in given a choice.
> It's definitely nothing out of the ordinary and is common practice among many tools and apps you already use.
Also as usual it's opt-out and NOT opt-in. People get riled because (usually)
a) built in telemetry is almost always an unexpected and unannounced change - only to be discovered later.
b) opt-in is the only approach that leaves your trust in tact - everyone uses opt-out because they know the majority of users people will not choose to opt in given a choice.