The problem is most people really don’t care about telemetry, but don’t even care enough to opt themselves in. It’s simply not in their focus. I think a very p

The problem is most people really don’t care about telemetry, but don’t even care enough to opt themselves in. It’s simply not in their focus. I think a very pronounced opt-out is fine, because it means anyone who is remotely against telemetry can leave, but you still get data from those who genuinely don’t care. Opt-in means you only take data from those who are explicitly for telemetry, which is a very small and not representative number. Opt-out does have to be visible and pronounced though, and not have any drawbacks. “opt-out” through 30 secret menus which are only known to those who read internet forums doesn’t count, because you’re still secretly collecting telemetry from those who aren’t aware; and wording like “opt-in by default” is flat-out misleading (it’s like saying “made by metal artisans” when the “metal artisans” are literally robots). I’m pretty sure it’s also not necessary: even if there’s a big checkbox “enable telemetry” which is on-by-default, or in this case a flag `telemetry: false` which is very well-documented, the majorly of people choose the path of least resistance and will keep it enabled.