[GordonS]

Firstly, let me say that I'm a big advocate for privacy.

But, for products I love, I also sometimes opt in to telemetry - it depends on the product, the company, and the data that's collected.

In the case of Visual Studio Code, it's very clear what data is collected, and I decided I was fine with it. It's free, it's OSS, and I want to help make it even better.

My only gripe with VS Code is that the telemetry is opt-out, rather than opt-in. Yes, it's easy to opt-out, but that's not the point - IMO, it should always be opt-in.