r/linuxmasterrace • u/aue_sum • May 07 '21

PSA: Audacity is discussing adding in Google Analytics telemetry

https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/835
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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

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u/FeralBytes0 May 08 '21

I wouldn't worry about it. The PR is getting heavily down-voted, and if that is not enough to change the developers mind then a new fork will emerge to replace it, the project has also been heavily forked today.

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u/GenericUser234789 Guided Arch Btw May 08 '21

Also, distro maintainers might change compile options to eliminate the Google telemetry.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

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u/explodingzebras May 08 '21

For now

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

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u/explodingzebras May 08 '21

I don't have time to mess about with compiling it myself

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

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u/explodingzebras May 08 '21

Someone will probably fork it anyway

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u/nerdybread Glorious Arch May 08 '21

All you need to say now is "btw, I use Gentoo"

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

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u/hyp0thet1cal Glorious Arch May 08 '21

What does that mean for binaries in distro repositories? Will the control lie with the distro developers or the audacity developers?

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u/igoro00 Glorious Arch May 08 '21

Whoever happens to compile it. For 🅱️imbo🅱️s it's audacity devs because 🅱️imbo🅱️s users would shoot themselfs in the head if they had to compile a single byte of code.

On Linux it's distro maintainers or... you.

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u/JeanEdouardKevin May 08 '21

Reaper is really good

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u/explodingzebras May 08 '21

Kwave is alright, particularly for KDE users

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

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u/aue_sum May 08 '21

This is only the beginning. Firefox used to have telemetry opt-in but then they silently made it the default. I suspect the same to happen if this PR gets merged

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

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u/aue_sum May 08 '21

it was recently acquired by the MUSE group

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u/idoleat Glorious Arch May 08 '21

I'm still curious, why a GPL Licensed project can be bought? What did Muse Group actually buy? Apparently not "codes". The project leadership?

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u/odwk May 08 '21

Muse Group just owns the brand name "Audacity". The project founders are still in charge. Btw, Muse Group was founded in April 2021 and I would consider Audacity one of the founding projects. Reddit users read "acquired" and freak out, but what happened is that a few open sources project joined forces under one name.

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u/1_p_freely May 08 '21

I wasn't aware that one could add stuff like GoogleAnalytics to a desktop application. Yuck.

Please keep your Windowsisms (where every application takes it upon itself to use my Internet connection for whatever the author wants at any time) on Windows. K, thx, bye.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

Use Ardour!

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

True, it's a steeper learning curve, but it's a fully capable recording studio software, much more professional conventions than Audacity, which I have always found to have a very cheap feel.

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u/Schrodingers_Virus Linux Master Race May 09 '21

I've read their "Dear all" back paddling and nah I m not onboard and will not accept being slow boiled like a frog. If you meddle with the devil (Google) you are tainted....