Such a typical example of someone completely rational, forgetting humans aren’t only about logic. People have emotions, doubts, suspicions, trust issues, affect, all of which aren’t easily quantifiable. The reason people don’t want telemetry in go is simply because of the brand google. That’s just a fact and there’s nothing one can do or say to change that. And yes, forcing it to the users will cripple go to death in a very short time, that’s for sure.

Google brand is what helped the language get traction, also simply because of google having the image of being a tech powerhouse.

That’s life, fighting against this is pointless, i’d suggest rsc to move on to other ideas for getting info on how to improve the language.