So we've gone from "Spy on the users in an open-ended way that can grow ever larger" to "If it crashes, you can push a button to send us a report" and an automa

So we've gone from "Spy on the users in an open-ended way that can grow ever larger" to "If it crashes, you can push a button to send us a report" and an automatic update check (not automatic download!). Both of which can be turned off. That seems reasonable. That said, this has vaporized any trust I had in in Muse group, and it's not coming back any time soon. When big companies "acquire" high quality software or sites, the result is almost always either a. Destruction of the property in an attempt to monetize or b. They mostly forget about it and it gradually rusts away from neglect. Here's hoping Audacity is somehow an exception.