Also skype harvested users computers. I noticed that when skype was running the harddrive will be constantly accessed, on an otherwise idle computer. Checking with process explorer showed that skype has a lot of disk reads (hundreds of MB). This was the reason why it got uninstalled.
But people are happy with microsoft products. - "They need telemetry to improve the product". - "But there is no improvement. The product is even worse". - "Maybe it's your experience, i already feel better using the new product". or - "I have nothing to hide. They are my friends". What happens when the regime is changed ? ( see Afganistan).