I've been using Visual Studio for more than 10 years, it never required a login to work or sent any information to Microsoft without a clear permission.

Having said that, if you really feel that Visual Studio is disrespectful of your privacy, you shouldn't be compromising on that and simply not use the application. I don't understand people who whine about services while they are enjoying them for free.

It's always the same people you never hear complaining about having to create an Apple account to use their developer tools.