[FEATURE]: Default-on telemetry is inappropriate for an open-source tool
enhancement
### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Raspberry Pi Imager includes anonymous telemetry that is enabled *by default*.
This is unexpected for an open-source utility and breaks common FOSS expectations of:
- no data collection without explicit consent,
- transparency,
- user control,
- minimal data gathering.
The application already distributes all official OS images from Raspberry Pi’s own infrastructure, so popularity and usage statistics can be measured server-side without collecting any host system information from users.
**Concerns:**
- Telemetry is opt-out instead of opt-in.
- The tool sends URLs of selected OS images.
- Host OS version, architecture and locale are transmitted.
- Heroku retains logs of the last ~1500 requests for a week.
- Users are not informed on first launch.
Open-source tools should respect user privacy by default.
Please reconsider the current approach.
### Describe the solution you would like to see implemented
Disable telemetry by default, add an opt‑in prompt on first launch, and provide a build option to compile Imager without telemetry.
### Describe alternatives you've considered
Remove host OS data collection entirely; server-side download stats are sufficient.
### Additional context
All OS images are already served from Raspberry Pi infrastructure, so usage statistics can be collected server‑side without client telemetry.
### Version
2.0.9 (Default)
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