[mephistopheles]

I don't like the way Microsoft has lately begun treating both their devs and customers, but nevertheless they are a corporation - they have to someway make a profit - a business survives by adapting to their users and telemetry ("spyware") is data; data on which they (should) adapt to their user needs.

[ben0x539]

The fact that you can spell out the motivation of someone's shitty behavior doesn't elevate it above criticism!