[bravetraveler]

+1, very patronizing and misleading. I dare say harmful, not useless. Plants seeds for the same tired arguments. Again. Helpful, not required.

edit: My 'argument' against it: when is enough? At what point does it become bike-shedding? Tricky to answer; isn't one. Transparency is paramount.

I'm for Telemetry, generally, but enjoy the universal ability to opt out. Either through your mechanisms or mine. At a point it becomes a matter of trust and need. More feedback loops, if you will.

Trust isn't necessarily regarding privacy, either. What about simple efficacy? For all of the Telemetry today, I don't see substantially more-effective software than what we had in the 1980s. More profit, sure - but not necessarily effective or reliable. It's possible - and reasonable - one may not trust Telemetry is going to good (read: effective) use.

The requirements/standards between a mobile game powered by endorphins and say, a web browser, are considerably different. Sorry, they were patronizing first.