I don't see any valid reason for Wacom to look at what application people use. And in a proper operating system that information should not be easily available (not without the users' consent).
Once the user has agreed to that valid use-case, there's not a lot the OS can do to stop the data being logged permanently.
But they really could do that in a less shitty way.
OpenBSD implemented the ASLR security mitigation as default in their operating systems first. Windows and macOS followed years later. I don’t think they did so because of OpenBSD’s market share.
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They could ask permission first but this sort of telemetry is a nothingburger in my opinion, as unpopular as that might be on this forum.
No, they must.
> this sort of telemetry is a nothingburger
I strongly disagree, what runs on my computer is my business and if Wacom wants to know, they can ask, and I'll tell them 'no, sorry that is not something you need to know'.
It's called consent and it's not up to Wacom to decide that I will think it is a nothing burger.
> in my opinion, as unpopular as that might be on this forum.
That's the whole point of consent: some people give it, others withhold it. You are just as entitled to your opinion as I am to mine and that is why they should ask, it's not that you get to decide for me that it's a nothing burger, just like I won't decide for you that it isn't.
Don't like it? Read the privacy policy for software you run. That, or you can write or rely on libre drivers for the tablet to run on your specific hardware setup. And deal with all the issues unsupported/maintained drivers have.
Consumers can't meaningfully consent isn't meaningful when businesses don't have an obligation to disclose what data is being collected especially when it is described as
“[including] aggregate usage data, technical session information and information about [my] hardware device.”
Far more consumers would be outraged if each application or license agreement had to: a) provide a detailed list of information collected and transmitted to the vendor b) acknowledge each time that list of data changed c) had to do this for each business they dealt with on a regular basis
Is it mentioned in the privacy policy agreement? Or are you saying that any driver I install on my machine is equal to my consenting that the driver's author can collect whatever data they want?
Something like Krita or Clip Studio Paint is more likely for drawing.