Agree to disagree. I think it’s not spying if the user have consent and control over what’s get through if anything. Consent is a higher bar to achieve then choice. But im perfectly fine with you having your own opinion on the matter!

The only telemetry that is not spying is when they ask if the user allows it, on install, with the default being: no.

Otherwise it’s all spying as far as I’m concerned.

Yes.