>Linux doesn't have any phone home telemetry type "features" built into the OS.
Unlike macOS, You can disable ALL telemetry in under 30 seconds on Windows. There is actually even a service named "User Experience and Telemetry" that you can conveniently stop and disable in a number of ways.
Opt-out is almost always possible, but that's missing the point.
Windows is often used as a personal operating system. There is no reason for it to collect analytics, especially after decades of development, I don't think the devs are getting anything actually useful out of knowing how often my grandparents check their email.
They're collecting data, and it doesnt seem to be used to help UX development much.
