My take is two fold: 1- Marketing over selling their product (common practice) 2- The “always listening” devices are mainly their Smart Remotes that have a microphone built in.

#2 Seems the most likely as is a device fully in their control and can pull as much ad marketing / information gathering details from it as they want.

Gee, it’s like this is a company based in capitalist United States doing what capitalists do best: sell to the highest bidder and keep customers as long as possible.

/s

Source: I’m an American

Descent - really loved the immersive 3D world and gameplay.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descent_(video_game)

But I must have my CH Flightstick Pro to get the most out of the manuverability of the ships.

200-503 CH Products Flightstick Pro USB 4-Button Joystick 8-Way Hatswitch https://a.co/d/4DzrpAv

Of course I haven’t played it in 30 years so I might be a tad rusty now even if I have all the gaming upgrades. 😁