Agreed that candy crush as default is heinous, but it feels like "telemetry" is kind of brought up as a bogeyman. Clearly, there exist scenarios where device owners have a legitimate need for no (or minimal, considering updates) communication with MS regarding device activity, but that's not generally the case for the average PC user. I want my OS maker to get stack traces from stacks so that they can fix crashes. I want my OS maker to receive actionable data on highly-used features so that they can effectively prioritize what to improve and what can be culled. (And obviously, I want this data to be treated with appropriate security.)
edit: To clarify, users should be able to disable telemetry - it's the anti-telemetry rhetoric I find to be overblown - in general what I hear isn't nearly as nuanced as the replies here, it's simply blanket opposition to all telemetry.
edit: To clarify, users should be able to disable telemetry - it's the anti-telemetry rhetoric I find to be overblown - in general what I hear isn't nearly as nuanced as the replies here, it's simply blanket opposition to all telemetry.