> It's just that practice has shown that collecting anonymous telemetry is the only really viable way of getting information of what's being used, how much, doe

> It's just that practice has shown that collecting anonymous telemetry is the only really viable way of getting information of what's being used, how much, does it perform well Again, we come back around to "if users don't want to willingly give us this data, then we're just going to take it." That's what I think is ethically objectionable. Sure, the data is useful -- but if people don't want to give it, that usefulness does not justify taking it anyway. Opt-out is better than not being able to even do that much, but in my view, it's still unethical. And, practically, it means that I have to treat all software as suspicious and can't really be comfortable with any of it. I'm used to that with smartphones and Windows, and deal with that by avoiding installing any software if unless I absolutely have to. I'm just trying to avoid having to take the same stance with OSS. But perhaps that's a lost cause and trust in any software at all is not supportable.