[satysin]

macOS has telemetry. The difference is you can actually disable it and it really gets disabled. None of this "the check box is set to disabled but I still see all these network connections from system processes like Cortana still..." type bullshit you get on Windows 10.

[duskwuff]

And the OS will specifically ask you whether it's OK to send back telemetry/diagnostics when you first set up the machine. It's not something you have to dig into the settings later to turn off.

[satysin]

Indeed. I am not a massive Apple fan but they deserve credit for how open they are about their diagnostics collection options during initial setup. There don't try and trick the user with "custom settings" like on Windows.

[exadeci]

They still push you critical updates that can break your computer a well know blogger had his mbp ethernet card "die" and few days later work again he found out that the breaking a repairing were from critical updates pushed without his knowledge.