[pasoevi]

You aren't a product? Then pay for the products you use instead of asking to get it for free. If they don't give you the option to turn telemetry off in the paid product, then go ahead and complain. But pay for what you get.

[matheusmoreira]

? No one asked them to release their software for free. They did it of their own accord.

They don't get to subtly mine value out of their users just because they released free stuff. That's nonsense. We're not obligated to be guinea pigs in their usability experiments.

[Sohcahtoa82]

I don't know why this is so hard for you.

If you don't want to give them your data, don't use their software. Nobody is forcing you to use their software and give them your data.

It's a simple deal. Either pay using money, or pay using your data. If you don't want to pay with either, you don't get to use their software.

[matheusmoreira]

> you don't get to

I get to do all sorts of things. For example, I get to completely firewall their software off of my network. That "take it or leave it" nonsense simply doesn't work on my computer.

Data is not a valid currency by which payments are made. Period.

[Aurornis]

> We're not obligated to be guinea pigs in their usability experiments

Correct. No obligation to download and use the free version.

[matheusmoreira]

No one's obligated even if they download and use free stuff.