Gibt sogar ein GitHub-Issue dazu. Money quote:

»Unfortunately we cannot make this type of data collection opt-in because the limited data from voluntary reports wouldn’t provide enough insights to make informed product decisions. Opt-in data would come from a small, biased subset, leading to flawed conclusions.«

Datenschutz und Einwilligungen sind grundlegende Rechte der Nutzer, die respektiert werden müssen, selbst wenn dies die Datenerhebung erschwert.

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Expose the ability to mange Telemetry settings on first-time use · Issue #8199 · thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Checklist I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same bug report. I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible. App version 8.0b1 Where did ...

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@thunderbird

While I agree that this definitely should *not* have been handled this way, before anyone gets all fired up and dogpiles on, it's worth first reading how they intend to fix this:
github.com/thunderbird/thunder…

Personally I just hope that the first-run doesn't lump all permissions together and allows people to choose *which* data they opt-in to. Myself, I'm fine with them knowing my phone model, but do *not* want a client-ID.

Expose the ability to mange Telemetry settings on first-time use · Issue #8199 · thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Checklist I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same bug report. I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible. App version 8.0b1 Where did ...

^GitHub