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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.
But to play devil's (angel's?) advocate for a minute, Microsoft can't fix vulnerabilities in Windows without telemetry data. There's a practically infinite combination of hardware components Windows runs on, and that makes it impossible for Microsoft to find and fix vulnerabilities and bugs in house. Older versions of Windows were so insecure in-part because Microsoft made telemetry reports opt-in, and we all know how likely the average user is to do so.
Now that's not to say that everything Microsoft collects is appropriate; I'm only saying there is a valid case for collecting some data from users.
If they only used it for that people wouldn't have a problem with it. The problem is due to their shit business practices no one trusts them (or should trust them). They've proved they don't have their users best interests at heart.
This is true for any for-profit business. They exist strictly to make profit for the shareholders. In fact, the executives can be held legally responsible should they not act in the best interests of the shareholders. By their very nature, no for-profit organizations will EVER have the users best interests at heart.
Not true for "any for-profit business", but true for "any publicly-traded company".
Private corporations are beholden only to the laws of the land.
That's why all enshittification usually starts because of publicy-traded companies, or companies trying to go there. We're mostly here because Reddit wanted to go public.
Right so don't give these companies free reign on your data.
free *rein (like not holding the reins on a horse, not like a king reigns)
Oh i didn't mean to say that telemetry is inherently bad. If it really would just be totally anonymous stats the devs would need, yeah sure. Just tell me WHAT EXACTLY it is. Or gimme a preview-option before sending. But it's mostly stuff that's none of their beeswax.
The amount my pihole blocks is titanic. If I'd be paying for traffic that would make a substantial difference.
Oh no worries- I didn't think you were. Just so many people jump on the "ALL DATA COLLECTION IS SPYING!" bandwagon they don't realize there can be a perfectly rational reason for doing so that doesn't reduce down to "The Deep State is watching everything you do!"
Besides, they do that at your telecom anyway.
That's why a whole home VPN is useful.
Lol. Yep. Unless you do vpn. As a dev myself I know the need for telemetry in ever more complex things nowadays. Without a ton of data how should you improve or fix your thing. But i would never collect data that would not be my beeswax. But i also understand how tempting it might be 😔
They did so before Telemetry was a thing.