I don't develop with VS. I use gcc / fpc. According to the article, you can use telemetry free object modules by adding a switch to the linker parameters. (/notelemetry I think. I just skimmed it.)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable 10.0.40219.473 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54179