[oneplane]

I don't think what type of application it is determines if a person has a right to their privacy if they want it. Same goes for data, we don't have to "accept" anything.

On the other hand, if it wasn't Microsoft's brand being connected to this and it wasn't called telemetry but "Automatic Bug Report Sharing" nobody would make a peep.

The same goes for the kind of data or application: if people know what type of data would be shared and what it would look like, they might indeed understand that this isn't some nefarious profiling but just normal software improvement. If you are a developer, bug reports are nearly useless unless it's super repeatable with normal conditions and a few clearly defined steps... or if there is a useful automatic reporting system in place.

But none of that reduces someone's expectation of privacy or acceptance of data sharing.