If you download the software, it seems reasonable for it to get basic information. User's need to consider the developer perspective. Julia is a product with m

If you download the software, it seems reasonable for it to get basic information. User's need to consider the developer perspective. Julia is a product with millions of hours sunk into it. It needs to sustain itself, since it's open source. I doubt the telemetry is being used for profit anyway, but anything we can do to help Julia is good. "Donations" aren't sustainable and can't fund a large software project. Also it's not hidden, so I fail to see the issue. If the information is in a legal document and the source code, then you know exactly what's going on. There's no shady business.