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I looks promising, but I would not recommend it to anyone.
The problem with windows is that moat privacy options would get reverted with every new update, and these scripts would need constant updates.
It is not doing much for Linux, as most telemetry is opt-in, rarher than being opt-out. And instead of configuring programs people can just use alternates like VScodium instead of VScode, etc. Plus, for other things Linux users already know how to do those things.
For macOS, it looks fine, as there isn't much already that you can do. Most of the things these scripts provide can be done with a GUI, and I would rather trust my own eyes with GUI options rather than some outdated online script from GitHub.
When I looked at their GitHub, it is almost a year old. Updates on any OS would have broken most of these.
For windows a good option is Chtis Titus's winutil.
There's a program called Open Snitch, which acts like a firewall, and you can manage each and every connection made to an IP or domain by every app on the OS. This can help block telemetry, which windows and macos would not let you disable. But I would recommend this to power users only.