Well Capinorange, perhaps I could turn your question around, and ask you and Microsoft the same thing:

Many people do NOT want you tracking us to this level. So why don't you give us the option to TRULY TURN IT OFF COMPLETELY?

What's the big deal? Why can't Microsoft do that for us?

Let you, other people like you, who may not value their sense of privacy, have Microsoft track everything you guys do and clock... and meanwhile people like me, will be happy, and continue to use Microsoft products if we can FULLY turn off that feature.

ESSENTIALLY: Many people, such as myself, have a developed innate, natural need for some level of privacy in our lives.

Perhaps the best way I might be able to explain it to someone whose personality doesn't have that need perhaps... is to put it this way:

If you had to poop, but all the public toilets were made of clear glass stalls, out in the open, would you still poop? I mean, you've got nothing to hide right: we all poop. What's the big secret?

And yes... I know... some people actually would not mind! Some people might even enjoy it if others watched them poop!

But the point is... is that someone like you who may have a MUCH lower need for privacy... even you have some boundaries, when it comes to privacy, EVEN IF you are doing nothing wrong, and doing something completely natural, innocent, and normal.

And thus your own question applies equally to your own boundaries.

As for me... I've got nothing to hide, but still this OS behavior clashes strongly with my innate need for a certain amount of privacy.

As far as I'm concerned, Microsoft BETTER fix this, and communicate better with the people who use their products about issues such as these...

otherwise I will look for alternatives. And I'm not alone in that feeling.