When launching directly from .exe that would be a workaround if the launcher would overwrite this setting. But it wouldnt help if it’s the ingame logic that removes it. Also skipping launcher means no crashes will be uploaded.
Let me know if you still have issues settinng the user config value.
C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\user_settings.config
This is the file I have modified to be clear