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Another difference you might be surprised by is that the .NET tooling by default collects various data from your system and sends it to Microsoft [1].

If you want to avoid this (and still want to use .NET) you'll have to make sure that the environment variable DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT is set to 1 in all contexts before touching anything.

[1] https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/6145

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> DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT

I didn't know about this. I wonder how that sits legally with local data protection rules (EU).

I doubt they way they approach it is legal, but I don't think any of the DPAs have time to look into it.

For what it's worth, the tool prints a clear warning the first time you invoke it. You shouldn't need to opt out regardless, but they do at least communicate their stalking.

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