[ptx]

Your positives are more closely linked to your negatives than you might think: Microsoft's open source projects are actually working to bring those endless privacy intrusions over from Windows so you can enjoy them on other systems as well – .NET Core and VS Code will collect and send your data to Microsoft by default, without bothering to ask for your permission.

[alkonaut]

Core tells me very clearly right on the command line that it collects usage stats, and which env var to set to disable that. The only identifiable data it sends is a Mac hash. The whole thing is developed in the open. I really fail to see why people are (that) upset about it.