On Sat, 8 May 2021 18:51:45 +0100 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. Does anyone know anything about the company? They seem to have come from nowhere. I can't find any Software presence at all, let alone FLOSS :( -- Will J Godfrey https://willgodfrey.bandcamp.com/ http://yoshimi.github.io Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
