Except the privacy policy clearly states what Microsoft users this data for. You can go around flailing your hands in constant paranoia or you can actually give an evidence of wrongdoing and sue the shit out of them.
But why wait for evidence when posting "Micro$oft is evil" is more fun?
> But why wait for evidence when posting "Micro$oft is evil" is more fun?
But that’s not at all what they said. The argument they used applies to anyone collecting data. Just like in the example they used.
And while you are right about the privacy policy stating what the data is used for, what is there to prevent companies from changing their privacy policy at any point in time? And if they change it, are they required to inform you that the privacy policy has changed?
> And while you are right about the privacy policy stating what the data is used for, what is there to prevent companies from changing their privacy policy at any point in time? And if they change it, are they required to inform you that the privacy policy has changed?
For Europeans there is the GDPR.
This is also one of the things that AFAIK should be covered by the GDPR (contrary to the cookie banners with opt out that I personally expect will get their punishments soon.)
Also, the first thing you see when you launch for the first time is a notification about this functionality and simple opt-out instructions. I guess ideally it would be opt-in but I definitely wouldn't classify this as sinister.
VS Code seems to have driven a lot of improvement to features most important to users based on this data.
But why wait for evidence when posting "Micro$oft is evil" is more fun?