It is exactly that. And you can turn off spying on other OS'es as well, doesn't defeat the point - they all spy.
The Ubuntu Amazon fiasco is, if anything, evidence of extreme resistance to this kind of thing. The Linux community rejected Canonical's opt-out ad partnership with Amazon collectively and almost unanimously. The program was relatively benign, but it went against ideals of both users and developers, and there have been no repeats.
Did it happen? Yes. And that is enough information.
You have been called out for multiple falsehoods in your comments here and you've still failed to provide any evidence.