If this is true, why are the same analytics and telemetry slowly being back ported to Windows 7/8 where no continuous development is happening?
Microsoft release an update for it to gather more metrics. It is still an optional program to provide Microsoft information about how you use your computer.
Information about people who are sticking to Windows Vista-8.1 is valuable. These are people who have rejected Windows 10, so understanding what 10 might be missing could help determine future development.
Why is it in 2015 that people are suddenly having a moral panic about an optional program started in 2006 that still exists in 10?
Snowden happened. Also many would be pleased if those "metric gaining features" would be opt-in and mean it, not having to hunt it down through the system to disable it.