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> Somehow the industry got by for decades without intimately knowing what version every single user of the software was running. I guess this changed long befo
by thih9 5y ago
> Somehow the industry got by for decades without intimately knowing what version every single user of the software was running.
I guess this changed long before Audacity. Today many programs, including open source tools, bundle some sort of telemetry.
I think that instead of opposing Audacity we should talk about other projects in similar situation; we should treat them the same and think about a more general solution. There are already discussions like this, e.g.: https://consoledonottrack.com https://consoledonottrack.com .
- joshspankit 5y agoIn our current societies, this is how you push for a more general solution: Claw back the privacy on high-profile applications, get an amount of attention that’s significant enough to either lead the application to change or for the other fork to become the go-to. This reminds other companies that people do care and that the cost of tracking is in taking privacy from users who then leave when they can.
- acdha 5y agoI value privacy but version numbers seems like an odd place to make that stand since it’s one of the least unique bits of information, especially in this century where automatic updates are increasingly the norm.