Hi @cbirdsong ,
First of all, we’re so sorry for any inconvenience you had with Disable Comments v2.0
As you can see from our changelog, We have introduced some new features (Manage Settings with WP-CLI and Block comments from REST-API and XML-RPC) in this v2.0. Most of these features are requested by lots of users.
To make it compatible with the most popular plugins and themes, We collect non-sensitive diagnostic data and plugin usage information. And this is optional.
If you cancel, This will not collect your email/usage and this notice/banner will not be visible anytime in your website: https://d.pr/i/GxDKBZ
Besides that, We have released an update and removed the new setup wizard completely, so there’s no more distraction I believe. We will be more careful to add new features and will surely keep it minimal.
Thank you and we really appreciate any feedback to improve further.
Have a nice day!