[KronisLV]

Very reasonable arguments!

> As a user, I essentially want my software to stay the same as long as possible. If I really need a new feature or am struggling with a bug, that’s when I contact the developers.

I largely agree and think that if the world had more users like you, it would be a better place, with more stable software. Unfortunately, in any industry with competing solutions, your users probably won't go through all that trouble and will just pick another product, alongside companies having all sorts of incentives to ship stuff (sometimes the deadlines being made up) and therefore needing to make informed decisions about what to build and what to maintain ASAP. I think we'll get features nobody asked for, telemetry or no telemetry. As for everything else, it depends.