> It can be both, but there's usually no place for differentiation

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 153,927,861 times, shame on me.

The place for differentiation, the place for "oh this is probably fine", the benefit of the doubt is, of course, lost.

Because someone (you? people shaped like you?) who misuse telemetry destroyed trust.

> It can be both

should instead be "it usually is both and you the user have no way to know anyway."