On May 8, 2021 7:51:45 AM HST, Filipe Coelho <falktx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/05/21 18:08, Will Godfrey wrote: > > On Sat, 8 May 2021 12:28:44 -0400 > > Kevin Cole <dc.loco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> 'A massive middle finger': Open-source audio fans up in arms after > >> Audacity opts to add telemetry capture > >> > >> Move comes days after firm acquired by Muse Group > >> > >> https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/07/audacity_telemetry/ > >> > >> The article notes that it's actually an "opt in" but cautions that > >> users might mistakenly do so. > > Indeed. Not good news. It's been widely reported. I first saw this > on 'The > > Register'. People are just unhappy about the telemetry, but > absolutely furious > > about the two third parties involved. I've used Audacity for years > for simple > > top-and-tailing. I won't be doing so any more. > > > I do not expect Linux distributions to enable the telemetry. > And from what Audacity developers have said, there is a compile-time > option for it which is disabled by default. > > I have looked into their CI builds, seems just using regular Github > actions. > So maintaining a fork for just build-time disabled telemetry should be > quite okay. > > It is very sad to see though, that is for sure. > One of the very first things they do to "modernize" the codebase is > adding telemetry, hah, really fits the "modern" attitudes for sure... > > > PS: they already added google analytics and other stuff on top of > musescore. I personally have little hopes of them backing down from > this. So what replacements for Audacity exist? --- David W. Jones gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
