Yeah, it's everywhere. I'm contemplating a piece on "The Narcissism of Software," because it sincerely feels like every developer on the planet seems to think that THEIR app/software is the only thing you're ever going to be using... so their processes can make as large a footprint in your system as they feel inclined to.
And I know I'm not far off because I used to hang with some of those developers when I worked in IT. Where I also learned that it's cheaper to have the end user "Beta" something than have a house crew try to break the app. However, once we ship to the user... make sure the "contact" info is buried so deep you need to be an expert spelunker to find it.