[maxbrunsfeld]

The moment that you open Zed for the first time, you see a welcome screen that offers telemetry opt-out.

The editor will be open-source and cross-platform, but it takes time to build things.

[witheld]

You can, and should, build things in public.

EDIT: I just don’t trust promises for things to be open source. Notch said Minecraft would be open source, and look where that went. A promise let’s you skip out on releasing the code if it turns out to be a convenient or profitable options.

[prmoustache]

It should be opt-in

[threatofrain]

I completely agree and think it should be legally enforced but I also recognize that consensus has not yet developed in business culture, so I recognize I'm not going to have as much persuasive firepower as I'd like to make this argument. VSC is also opt-out and doesn't ask you.