I think that's a very reasonable stance. I understand the value of telemetry-- it truly does help improve software. And I'm fine with telemetry being active by

I think that's a very reasonable stance. I understand the value of telemetry-- it truly does help improve software. And I'm fine with telemetry being active by default too. If it wasn't active by default its value would plummet as very few people would /choose/ to turn it on. Windows telemetry should be set to "Basic" by default on every Windows install, and the user can choose to turn it off entirely or set it to "Full". As a more sophisticated user who values his privacy, all I want is a supported method to opt-out. That's it. I don't want to be forced to use a third-party program to do it. I don't want Windows updates to frequently reset my clear preferences, so I need to keep running that program on a regular basis. I just want a switch to turn it OFF.