A terminal emulator with advanced features that are company/team aware and with collaboration features isn't a bad idea.
Product telemetry to understand in general terms how your software is being used so that you can focus efforts isn't a bad idea.
The problems with Warp are:
1. They are being vague about what telemetry they send, creating a risk that sensitive data flowing through the application may be included.
2. It can't be turned off, even temporarily. Under many computer security policies at companies this is going to prevent Warp from being used at all.
My suggestion would be:
- Remove the login requirement to use a fully local version of the application.
- Separate telemetry from service-backed smart features, allow each to be toggled individually.
- Make it clear that terminal text input/output is never shared, or be very specific about when it is so that users can understand the security risk.
- Don't associate telemetry with users or anonymise where possible.