That telemetry shit is not something it is reasonable for your OS to do and thus enabling it by default is underhanded and dishonest.
If Microsoft provided a guide on startup after a fresh install and walked you through the new features telling you what it needs to collect to have them available, then there would not be an uproar.
But users who don't understand technology don't like going through all that, so someone at MS probably called it a win-win with "convenience" and data collection.
That telemetry shit is not something it is reasonable for your OS to do and thus enabling it by default is underhanded and dishonest.
If Microsoft provided a guide on startup after a fresh install and walked you through the new features telling you what it needs to collect to have them available, then there would not be an uproar.
That would be much better, yes.
But users who don't understand technology don't like going through all that, so someone at MS probably called it a win-win with "convenience" and data collection.