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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

RedHat doesn't control Fedora. The community poll is against opt-out telemetry atm. It's leaning towards opt-in atm. The original proposal only has 16% support. If the Fedora council ignores the result then you can say Red Hat controls the distro. But, Fedora has diverged from Red Hat before (BTRFS)