[GekkePrutser]

> I don't have access to statistics to qualify whether or not this is the case and contribute to making it harder to evaluate by turning off telemetry and never using Google ads, so I can't exactly complain.

Yes you can complain. They should be well aware that their remaining userbase is very averse to telemetry.

If anything the companies going all-in on telemetry and A-B testing are making ever worse products. Like Microsoft with their Teams that gets slower and more confusing every month.

> And if this is a quicker way to grow adoption then it's a good thing in the long term.

What growth? I only see a decline. All they succeed at is alienating the users that were still using it. Not gaining new ones.