Kite is the primary corrupting force here, but the people who keep taking money to screw over their userbase need to be punished as well.
Sublime, Atom, and VSCode all need to step up right now and make it clear that this kind of behavior is 100% unacceptable
Edit:
Allowing this addon straight back into the Sublime ecosystem reflects extremely poorly on them as well.
https://github.com/SideBarEnhancements-org/SideBarEnhancemen...
I'm not sure how Package Control handles removals of packages but if they are left installed in sublime then this was probably the best move.
If the package was left "orphaned" in the editor the telemetry would remain but I'm pretty sure PC updates packeges automatically by default so pushing an update without it makes sure the code is removed for most users.