It's strange because we do this type of tracking in all facets of webapps
It's natural because in some sense, a webapp is more like regular visiting a site; and just like the fact that my requests to websites will show up in their server logs is, for the most part, not really a concern. To use an analogy, "if you want to have a conversation, both sides need to be able to contact each other." But when software is monitoring what I'm doing with it, and reporting to one central site, when I'm visiting other sites? That just evokes "do not want". I don't care if it's Mozilla or Google or whoever else. Just. Stop. Watching. Me.
It's natural because in some sense, a webapp is more like regular visiting a site; and just like the fact that my requests to websites will show up in their server logs is, for the most part, not really a concern. To use an analogy, "if you want to have a conversation, both sides need to be able to contact each other." But when software is monitoring what I'm doing with it, and reporting to one central site, when I'm visiting other sites? That just evokes "do not want". I don't care if it's Mozilla or Google or whoever else. Just. Stop. Watching. Me.