The need to know what art applications to test their product against and what hardware configurations they might need to write drivers for. For example, is 99% of their customer base using GiMP or are they using Photoshop? Its important to know how to allocate their testing resources.
They could ask permission first but this sort of telemetry is a nothingburger in my opinion, as unpopular as that might be on this forum.
They could ask permission first but this sort of telemetry is a nothingburger in my opinion, as unpopular as that might be on this forum.