Seriously? You realize how many apps on the market use Google Analytics or some other form of Analytics? Nearly all of them, including Google's Apps. Nearly all of them give absolutely no way to opt out either short of host blocking. However, CM gives you an option to under device settings.
So that's the standard we want to hold them to? Just a little better than Google?
Why isn't it opt-in?
That's a nice ideal, but practically every app using the internet access permission is phoning home.
Mobile app analytics is huge, including by Google themselves.
Are you kidding me? They tell me exactly what data they collect and for what purpose. To say that is malware is either extreme sarcasm or extreme stupidity.