Purely technical telemetry like this is indeed useful. The problem comes when telemetry is used to justify deleting useful features such as compact mode.
The "make it hard to find" to "nobody uses it" to "let's delete it" pipeline is very real. Reminds me of the "defund it" -> "it does not work" -> "let's privatize it" pipeline in right-wing governments.
The "make it hard to find" to "nobody uses it" to "let's delete it" pipeline is very real. Reminds me of the "defund it" -> "it does not work" -> "let's privatize it" pipeline in right-wing governments.