> User expectations have changed in this regard. I feel like developer / publisher expectations are what changed, not the users’. The allure of telemetry (eve

> User expectations have changed in this regard. I feel like developer / publisher expectations are what changed, not the users’. The allure of telemetry (even if it’s actually used for telemetry, not for nefarious spying and data collection) is just too much for most developers or publishers to resist. As somebody else said, these 5 minute update “pings” seem less, to me, about updates and more about near-realtime usage monitoring.