As Pirate Software has shown, the AI still listens even if you opt out.

Yes, in percentages. But the question was about absolute numbers, I think.

I wouldn't trust the South China Morning Post in anything political, but this seems to be right (I mean, the results aren't unexpected). They are also in Psychology Today, which seems to be a trustable source.

I actually like the name. Easy to understand, difficult to missspell, easy to google (insert favourite searching machine here).

On a side note, why do you dislike systemd and apt? I just stumbled into Linux and didn't much consider such questions yet