FTA: "Visual Studio Code collects telemetry data, which is used to help understand how to improve the product. For example, this usage data helps to debug issue

FTA: "Visual Studio Code collects telemetry data, which is used to help understand how to improve the product. For example, this usage data helps to debug issues, such as slow start-up times, and to prioritize new features." I don't work at Microsoft but I work somewhere similar on a product that collects similar types of telemetry and those words are not empty, they are very, very true. We absolutely add, remove, and change things about the UI based on what our telemetry says people do. And it's not just about moving things around (which I know HN hates), it's about making the page load faster (which I know HN loves!). We are going through a concerted effort to lower page TTVC at the moment and a big part is going to have to be turning off some features that show by default that take too long to load and guess how we'll be making the call about which features to turn off?