[dmitrygr]

Somehow, before the wide availability of constantly connected Internet, software got made. Perhaps constantly collecting data on your users is not required after all.

[hx8]

If your competition is collecting user data and you aren't then they have a competitive advantage in understanding where to make investments for future development investments.

It's really best to just kill the arms race and restrict data collection.

[dmitrygr]

You can fight back by exposing how much data the competition collects. I buy devices that collect less data as a choice. Many others do too.