I should have phrased that as "planning to". After the significant push-back it seems like are considering doing only opt-in telemetry[1] which would be accept

I should have phrased that as "planning to". After the significant push-back it seems like are considering doing only opt-in telemetry[1] which would be acceptable. So not that bad for now but who knows. Once telemetry is in place, they might try to change it to opt-out at a later date when less push-back is expected. Still setting a problematic precedent and shows why corporate control about a programming language might become problematic. [1] https://research.swtch.com/telemetry-opt-in https://research.swtch.com/telemetry-opt-in