[iamdamian]

Yikes!

Because you posted directly to HN and clearly want to show this audience the value of your work, I expected a somewhat different reply to this critique.

A more user-centered reply might have been to say you understand the confusion and will look into making this truly opt-in with the team. I think the strong message you're getting from this community—who is, after all, your target audience—is that before sending any data (whether you choose to label it telemetry, tracking, diagnostic data, or otherwise), you should explicitly ask in the terminal itself whether the user finds this acceptable.

I don't want to put down an effort with seemingly good intentions like this one, so please take this engagement in the spirit it was given.