To answer both questions: because the variables don’t always work. If the code doesn’t exist, it can’t run. It’s the only way. At the very least, it should be

To answer both questions: because the variables don’t always work. If the code doesn’t exist, it can’t run. It’s the only way. At the very least, it should be a compiler compiler flag and all code with telemetry should be in a separate library to make it easy to be sure no mistakes caused it to sneak it’s way in.