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PSA, VSCode / VSCodium C# opt-out telemetry 

The v2.0 update to the C# extension silently installed a dependency, the .NET Runtime Install Tool extension, that has enabled by default.

pushed the update to users in early August, and it reached / users a month later.

There is no indication that the dependency respects the `telemetry.enableTelemetry` setting. You can opt out:

"dotnetAcquisitionExtension.enableTelemetry": false

But personally, I've chosen to uninstall the Ionide, C#, and .NET Runtime Install Tool extensions.

Opt-out is not consent.

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