| > Being enrolled in a study should require prior informed consent. It's right there in the License Agreement that you accept when you install VSCode. And unlike some other EULA's, it's close to the beginning of the document, easy to read, describes data usage and explains how to opt out of it. I honestly don't see what more can they do to get user consent. You might argue that many users don't read License Agreement and I would agree with you concerns IF this condition was unexpected and/or malicious. In this case it is neither. > Harvesting data without permission is just exploitation. Exploitation is just a word. I could also call your usage of VSCode "exploitation" because you are exploiting the work of MS engineers. What matters is whether it does any tangible harm or not. In my view it doesn't. > Moreover, not everyone is like you. That's why I added a caveat "unless you are very paranoid". > This type of rhetoric is often used to dismiss accessibility concerns I don't see what accessibility has to do with it. |
So everyone who disagrees with you has to be “very paranoid”? You may not agree with or understand the motivations of others, but summarily disparaging them is bad form.