[tredre3]

> Don't want to pay performance overhead from errors when it fails or configuration overhead to keep it off.

I've seen times and times again applications going apeshit when checking for updates (or the standard calling home) on an unstable/firewalled network, they enter endless loops with no back-off delays. They just assume it will work. It's maddening, because my firewall defaults to drop everything.

OnlyOffice is incredibly aggressive if you dare to firewall it, it will do several hundred thousands connection attempts when you start any of its components.

But let's be fair here, even IF google were to implement opt-out telemetry in such a lazy way, it would get fixed soon enough after complaints.