I absolutely disagree with these data collecting practices, but if your data is e.g. worth $5, that may have been already deducted in the printer's sale price.

I absolutely disagree with these data collecting practices, but if your data is e.g. worth $5, that may have been already deducted in the printer's sale price. If you have two feature-equal printers, but one doing data-collecting and $5 cheaper than the other, which one do you think will be sold out first? I wish that manufacturers be forced to also show default/required data requirements on their products similar to how they already display minimum/recommended hardware requirements. This would at least increase consumer awareness of the issue, at best maybe abolish it entirely...