I'd much rather the tools I use on my computer _didn't_ phone home to report every time I use them incorrectly or they emit an error for whatever reason. Edit:

I'd much rather the tools I use on my computer _didn't_ phone home to report every time I use them incorrectly or they emit an error for whatever reason. Edit: you could say “record the error and give the option to report it” but that's a whole lot of extra complexity, both UI and code. Especially for a bunches of single-purpose composable tools.