Why is using Linux more private than Windows?

[anon93564765]

@Privacy

Most Linux distros don’t have an advertising network thus no inherent benefit from collecting data. Yes they can collect data to sell but in the Linux Ethos that’s been a No-No for a long time. Usually you can stop, any or all, data form reaching the distro makers by disabling crash reporting.

When people say Ubuntu isn’t as private as other distros, is it because Ubuntu has crash reporting and optional user data being sent to the parent company?