Do people really get worked up over that kind of telemetry? I know I wouldn't. I would even be OK with much more telemetry around most actions in the game as long as it doesn't snoop on anything outside of what I do in the game.
But it's difficult to police good telemetry and easy to change silently. Bad actors have continually given justifiable reasons for data collection, sometimes even with a pinky-swear that they'll not use it for evil. But the terms can be updated by the party collecting the data at any time they desire, with little recourse for the user other than to stop using that product or service.
So no, I'm not worked up over that kind of telemetry, but I'm still going to block it. It doesn't make sense not to.
If it were opt-in, it could be used well however, similar to what the Telltale games had done.
65% of people made choice A. 35% of people made choice B.
They have a sort of proxy for that with Achievements however.