I think a lot of the pushback stems from the phrasing of the original PR description (which is still available below the clarifying update).

Telemetry can be a valuable tool, but adding Google & Yandex to a popular open source project immediately after acquisition seems… undiplomatic, and I can certainly see why the original announcement caused concerns.

That said, the update provides some important, and hopefully calming, clarifications, including the opt-in implementation.