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'A massive middle finger': Open-source audio fans up in arms after Audacity opts to add telemetry capture (www.theregister.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

This seems like an overreaction for an opt-in addition on something they won't be applying cross-tracking to. Software that scales to a larger audience can be improved via telemetry data collection. Probably more concern here around the recent acquisition and fear of commercialization. It's good to be vigilant but not reactionary.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 years ago

I think a lot of the pushback stems from the phrasing of the original PR description (which is still available below the clarifying update).

Telemetry can be a valuable tool, but adding Google & Yandex to a popular open source project immediately after acquisition seems... undiplomatic, and I can certainly see why the original announcement caused concerns.

That said, the update provides some important, and hopefully calming, clarifications, including the opt-in implementation.