Meh, allegedly, as far as I remember they weren't actually spying but accusation persists.
They included default telemetry around 18.04, u could and can opt out but it was a kick in the balls.
Even then its nowhere near Microsoft, Apple and Google.
I think the main complaints came from running Amazon searches when you searched in Unity’s dash
Searching for something locally could unintentionally send searches to the internet
They’re removed now that Unity is gone, though
It does , and it’s vetted quarterly by 3rd party security researchers to validate its claims. This is just a classic “Apple bad, linux good” meme like so many other.
Do u remember how they blocked Facebook most invasive functions? Well, they implemented exactly the same but in the os itself a week or two later.
It was a mini scandal back then .
Adding in preinstalled spyware is being considered over at red hat because apparently they haven't passed off their community enough pulling CentOS. https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f40-change-request-privacy-preserving-telemetry-for-fedora-workstation-system-wide/85320
Anonymous, opt-out usage metrics isn't spyware. You don't have to agree with it but calling it that is a huge exaggeration. Plenty of distros have these features already, just opt-in instead of opt-out.
Plus the goal there is tipically to understand usage patterns for improving things, not selling data. At least for distros maintained by foundations, which don't operate for a profit.
I'm happy to have my KDE telemetry turned up all the way.
Apple users really are the dumbest... I'm saying this generally, of course. The well-funded, basic bitches of the world use apple silicon... That doesn't mean you all do, though!
This said, only the saddest use Linux. I've used it... I like it... Sigh.
Yeah even linux isn't immune. Red Hat is considering enabling their "telemetry" by default (because rug pulling CentOS wasnt enough to piss off their community) https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f40-change-request-privacy-preserving-telemetry-for-fedora-workstation-system-wide/85320