Audacity Is Now A Possible Spyware, Remove It ASAP. he parent company is a multi-national company and it has been trying to start a data-collection mechanism in the software. While Audacity is nothing more than a desktop program, its developers want to make it phone home with various data taken...

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[–]JasonCarswell 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

Just fork it.

"Audacity (Anti-Spyware Edition)"

[–]eh-non-plus 0 insightful - 1 fun0 insightful - 0 fun1 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What is there to improve? A fork would imply that the product is ever-changing and needs improvements. Just grab an old version and be done.

Carswell is probably one of those guys that thinks every software project has to be constantly updating.

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

eh-non-plus is probably one of those guys that makes grand assumptions without thinking.

Where was I calling for constant updates? I only asked for a version without the spyware.

An old version is fine for now. When they add the spyware I would assume they'll add some kind of improvement to entice/dupe people into getting it. The new FLOSS fork can implement that new improvement without the spyware - or simply omit any involvement with the corrupt version's direction. Furthermore, a loud and public announcement of a fork without spyware would make the world aware and cautious of the attempted hijack as well as publicly shame the problematic parent company and their minions.