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The aversion to opt-out exists because it's associated with tech corporations tracking everything in a maliciously intransparent way, using some convoluted opt-out process as an excuse to give the illusion of respect for the user.

If a game just sends info about a crash I couldn't care less.

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I disagree and think it should still be opt in. Crash reports tend to include memory dump which can easily include information about the system (environment variables) that the user did not mean to share. It's not unreasonable to pop up a dialog before uploading crash reports which also gives the user an opportunity to optionally add additional information.

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