I went through the frustrating process of making an account (2 accounts?) just to put my voice in here and say this is a terrible idea, and the fact it’s being not only considered seriously but pushed so hard has very much damaged my image of Fedora and Red Hat. I’m already reconsidering my F38 install after years of calling Fedora home, and I will absolutely walk away should this go through. If people, given a yes/no choice, will choose no, then you cannot say you’re doing right by the community to enable it anyway. This rubs me the wrong way perhaps the most. The change feels like it also runs counter to what I thought the spirit of Fedora was too. It feels like such a weird, frustrating 180 against the community, especially as so many have voiced their displeasure at this on a variety of sites. I sincerely hope this change is heavily reconsidered. No clue under which topic my rant should go as I disagree with many facets of it, but I wanted to say something against this.
Edit: To be clear, the only way I’m okay with this (short of opt-in) is if there’s a clear Yes/No option at install with no default selected, a choice must be made to allow the data collection. If that isn’t acceptable, which from what I’ve read it sounds like the change owner does not think it is, then neither is the change itself in my eyes.