Ubuntu :
Meh, allegedly, as far as I remember they weren’t actually spying but accusation persisted.
They included default telemetry around 18.04, u could and can opt out but it was a kick in the balls.
Even then its nowhere near Microsoft, Apple and Google.
Doesn’t Apple inform (save for “other data”) what it’s spying on?
Google also: don’t ask about android
Adding in preinstalled spyware is being considered over at red hat because apparently they haven’t passed off their community enough pulling CentOS. https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f40-change-request-privacy-preserving-telemetry-for-fedora-workstation-system-wide/85320
Anonymous, opt-out usage metrics isn’t spyware. You don’t have to agree with it but calling it that is a huge exaggeration. Plenty of distros have these features already, just opt-in instead of opt-out.
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