> Wait a minute, there is tracking involved in a code editor? I recall a recent thread here on HN where I learned that the Windows Calculator was sending data

> Wait a minute, there is tracking involved in a code editor? I recall a recent thread here on HN where I learned that the Windows Calculator was sending data ("telemetry") back to the mothership. Nowadays I think I'd be more surprised if a Microsoft product were released that didn't phone home.