This is CRUCIAL! Telemetry is not a 4-letter word.
When used ethically and responsibly, telemetry helps developers build better apps and better operating systems.
When you disable telemetry in something like Thunderbird or your favorite Linux distro, you're actively preventing the developers from designing a better product FOR YOU.
They want to make data-driven decisions, not decisions based on gut instinct or conjecture.
@killyourfm After seeing how telemetry has been used unethically and irresponsibly in the past, how do developers & publishers demonstrate that they're "one of the good ones"?
@jenny753 Great question. Valid question. I don't know if I have a perfect answer, but my suggestion is education.
Using @thunderbird as an example again, the team there could write a series of blog posts or produce videos explaining what telemetry is in simple terms, what's turned on by default, and explicitly call out WHAT that telemetry does, what data is collected, and especially how it helps them make decisions and develop better features.