Re: Over the Top Much?
Agreed, this is the difference between "we want to make stuff better by collecting relevant data" and "we want to pillage everything we can because we might be able to sell it later" approach to telemetry.
I'm opted in on a lot of open source software, Firefox, Eclipse etc. On Windows I actively go hunting for the hidden toggles to turn them off and just steer well clear of the likes of Facebook etc. I even turn it off on SSMS & VS just because of the bad taste from Windows, although I expect those two are doing it with genuine improvements in mind.
It is all about trust and Microsoft, Facebook etc can't be trusted.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
