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Re:Audacity fork without any sentry telemetry or crash repor... by AbuAssar on Monday July 05, 2021 @07:27PM (#27742796)
Vlc and firefox both have crash reporting and updaters,

Yet no one is complaining.

So what makes audacity special?

Re:Audacity fork without any sentry telemetry or crash repor... by roca on Monday July 05, 2021 @07:41PM (#27742871)
People do complain about Firefox crash reporting, updates and telemetry.

However, those have been in Firefox for years. What's happening here is change which always makes people extra-angry.

Re:Audacity fork without any sentry telemetry or crash repor... by sfisthemoon on Monday July 05, 2021 @07:43PM (#27742878)
They collect "Data necessary for law enforcement, litigation and authorities’ requests (if any)." That's pretty suspect. There's also this part "However, we are occasionally required to share your personal data with our main office in Russia." See for yourself https://www.audacityteam.org/about/desktop-privacy-notice/