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POV) You use Windows 11 and set up Pihole for the first time.
(sh.itjust.works)
This is AFTER debloating all the MS bs as much as I can.
The amount of MS telemetry is just mindboggling.
Canonical Ubuntu does or at least did though. Caused a shitstorm years ago despite it being opt-in back then. I don't know how they do it nowadays.
KDE also has opt-in usage tracking but I trust that project enough to believe it's really only for improving the software.
I think most software like this grows to a certain size and then they need the telemetry to identify issues. There's so many hardware configurations and most people don't submit bug reports or opt into their configuration being shared. It's not an inherently bad thing, just some companies are taking more than they need.
Windows telemetry started with Windows 10. Windows 7 was the most stable Windows ever and hardware configurations were just as plentiful. Sure, the data helps but it's hardly mandatory.