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minus-squarecrimsoncobalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·2 months agoI believe they were bought by someone and eventually implemented some questionable practices. I don’t remember the exact details, maybe someone else does.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoWasnt it something about data collection?
minus-squareZangoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoIt was, the company that bought out Audacity added a bunch of telemetry to it
minus-squareSatyrSack@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoI have used this as a drop-in replacement, with no complaints. https://codeberg.org/tenacityteam/tenacity
minus-squaretomsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoYou’ve got to love the open-source community! If only the whole world worked like that.
minus-squareShareni@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoAFAIK everything was dropped in the end, and people went back to using audacity
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI remember reading an update which said that the company went back on most (or all?) the negative changes and it’s ok to use again. I didn’t confirm it myself, but that’s part of why the alternatives aren’t seeing as much development now
I believe they were bought by someone and eventually implemented some questionable practices. I don’t remember the exact details, maybe someone else does.
It was opt-out telemetry IIRC
Wasnt it something about data collection?
It was, the company that bought out Audacity added a bunch of telemetry to it
Any good alternatives?
I have used this as a drop-in replacement, with no complaints.
https://codeberg.org/tenacityteam/tenacity
You’ve got to love the open-source community! If only the whole world worked like that.
AFAIK everything was dropped in the end, and people went back to using audacity
I remember reading an update which said that the company went back on most (or all?) the negative changes and it’s ok to use again.
I didn’t confirm it myself, but that’s part of why the alternatives aren’t seeing as much development now