I&#x27;m the maintainer who added this. I apologise for the poor communication. I would have responded sooner but I&#x27;ve been on a plane for the last 10 hours. I&#x27;d hoped the documentation would have made clear our reasons for doing this but I feel the discomfort so since getting off my flight I&#x27;ve opened and merged three PRs (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Homebrew&#x2F;install&#x2F;pull&#x2F;42" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Homebrew&#x2F;install&#x2F;pull&#x2F;42</a> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Homebrew&#x2F;brew&#x2F;pull&#x2F;143" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Homebrew&#x2F;brew&#x2F;pull&#x2F;143</a> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Homebrew&#x2F;brew&#x2F;pull&#x2F;146" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Homebrew&#x2F;brew&#x2F;pull&#x2F;146</a>) to better communicate this to our users on installation and `brew update` before any information is sent and ease the opt-out process.