Most non-open source players and codecs do that, btw. It is insane. In the case of VLC, telemetry would help to know which options are used the most and which

Most non-open source players and codecs do that, btw. It is insane. In the case of VLC, telemetry would help to know which options are used the most and which ones are not. It could help knowing which menus are never accessed. Besides that, no idea.