Based on your stance it seems that you have not seen the intentions declared in the original PR, including opt-in approaches and the use of data solely for development and UX improvements?
I just don't want to take the chance about telemetry data being used for monetization, now or in future. Also, the original PR's setup meant that even if I wanted to share telemetry, there was no way for me to share that without it going to Google/Yandex. And I definitely don't trust them.
So, first of all, as someone who works for Google, I don't think you should be worried about it. Using personal data is currently pretty strictly regulated. Using 3rd party analytics data in such a way would likely be illegal (IANAL and I'm not writing this comment on behalf of Google).
And even in the worst case, supposing that Google and Yandex are evil, what's your exact concern? That you presses on Play and Record buttons will be used to target ads?
What I'm about to say I've already said elsewhere in this post, but Audacity has been an incredibly loved and popular FOSS project for 22 years and it's done that without using telemetry.
It's hard for me to not be pessimistic and see the recent sale of Audacity and the introduction of telemetry as the beginning of the end.
noisy_boy|4 years ago
vimax|4 years ago
eterevsky|4 years ago
And even in the worst case, supposing that Google and Yandex are evil, what's your exact concern? That you presses on Play and Record buttons will be used to target ads?
jjulius|4 years ago
It's hard for me to not be pessimistic and see the recent sale of Audacity and the introduction of telemetry as the beginning of the end.
Beldin|4 years ago
Or they don't believe in telemetry ever bringing value to users, only to the ones collecting it.