Right but that's still disingenuous toward it, they manage to fit everything in a single glyph, which is of a standard size, and it is more information in a smaller space.
Is anonymous data collection really that bad? They've also been open and explained their whole process. Like surely data collection needs to happen at some level to inform new features and design?
Terraforming Mars is such a slog even when you know what you're doing.
Honestly it sounds like you need to communicate expectations ahead of time, and just make it clear you'll leave after X time regardless, that's not an unreasonable request. I don't think you did anything wrong in your example.
This seems very much like just a fun jab that immediately breaks the ice, if someone doesn't go for a second date because of this alone I think they are too easily offended.
thanks for sharing