It’s a bit of a non-sequitur anyway.
The issue isn’t data collection itself (regardless of how much that matters to individuals), it’s that one WILL lead to you losing your car, and the other doesn’t.
There is no argument to be had on that front. While Teslas are data-hogs, more so than others, most of it is anonymised, and you can opt out of a lot of it. But even if you couldn’t, it won’t mark your driving down based on absolute asinine reasons, requiring you to constantly call MB and correct the errors.
One just needs to read through the experiences with the app to see how many false flags it throws.
In the end, most of what the Tesla can collect of me that’d be of any kind of importance to me is already collected by google anyway. While i’m not happy about it, it doesn’t affect my day to day life at all, so.. whatever. Certainly do not have the will nor capacity to constantly check what is collecting what and adjust my life and purchases around it. You’ll not get around it anyway. If it’s not your Tesla tracking your driving, it’s your Phone tracking your locations and behaviour – if it’s not your phone, it’s your energy provider tracking when you’re at home/likely to use more electricity, etc pp.
It is what it is.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.