Even in the worse case, people could fork it and distribute a telemetry-free version. Here is an example, a telemetry-free distribution of VSCode: https://gith

Even in the worse case, people could fork it and distribute a telemetry-free version. Here is an example, a telemetry-free distribution of VSCode: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium Kudos to Microsoft for making the new Terminal open source (and here's hoping that it doesn't phone home with any private information!)