Because for the data to be useful even for totally benign purposes, it probably can't be collected just once. For example, the biggest signal I would try to extract for product purposes is users who open an app, try using the pen, and then give up and continue using it with the mouse instead. You can't get that information by collecting information at install time.
Could you write a trigger in the driver to detect this, and only ask for consent then? Probably not, since that gives you only the numerator without a denominator.
Now, if they really aren't asking at all, that is shady. But asking just once rather than on every interaction seems basically mandatory to get the data needed for product development.
Could you write a trigger in the driver to detect this, and only ask for consent then? Probably not, since that gives you only the numerator without a denominator.
Now, if they really aren't asking at all, that is shady. But asking just once rather than on every interaction seems basically mandatory to get the data needed for product development.