[cmars]

"Personally, I regard it as rather sad that simply collecting such basic anonymous data about a smartphone or tablet could cause such an overreaction. Simply using the Internet, without extra effort to erase your digital footsteps, reveals far more about you than the information CM was going to collect."

Some users choose the extra effort to minimize their digital footprint. What I find sad is the trend in software and hardware products making that choice impossible to make.

I think Cyanogenmod deserves praise for listening to their users and addressing their concerns, even if they did not agree with them.