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@LinusTech
Will you be pole dancing on the next WAN Show? 

Summary
Nudity that is considered "artistic" is now allowed on twitch, stating a revamp of it's guidelines. Creators can now show breasts, buttocks or pelvic region according to an announcement earlier today. 
Pornographic material is still banned site wide. The news comes after twitch received complaints from streamers. 
Artistic material can range from drawings to sculptures and body painting.  
Creators are required to label their streams, and users have to opt in to be able to view the content. 
A lot of content that was previously banned is now allowed, as long as it has the correct label. 
As part of the rule update, "twerking" and pole dancing is also allowed. 
Any creator that does not label their content correctly will receive a warning  
 
Quotes
My thoughts
There is no way this will not cause confusion as to what is classed as "art" and what is straight up pornagraphic, Twitch will slowly turn into a mostly adult content site. Whilst having freedom to express art is nice, there is no way streamers will not take advantage of this. It is a surprising twist considering the recent rumours around a disproportionate female streamers being banned. 
 
Sources
 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67715846
https://safety.twitch.tv/s/article/Updating-our-Approach-to-Sexual-Content-and-Content-Classification-Labels?language=en_US
 

Summary
Audacity, a free audio recording software that is currently used by millions, has been call out as spyware in a recent report. It's new privacy policy changes, that were updated June 2nd, have revealed the software is collecting user data and sharing it with whoever they like, including sending the data to Russia. 

Muse purchased Audacity in May

The list of data collected includes:
Users country (based on IP address)
Non-fatal error codes
Users OS and version
Processor in use

edit:
The changes will come into affect with Audacity 3.0
 
 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
This is why we can't have nice things, Luckily we have a decent community of people developing a fork of 2.0. 
 
Sources
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/04/open-source-audacity-deemed-spyware-over-data-collection-changes

Summary
Audacity, a free audio recording software that is currently used by millions, has been call out as spyware in a recent report. It's new privacy policy changes, that were updated June 2nd, have revealed the software is collecting user data and sharing it with whoever they like, including sending the data to Russia. 

Muse purchased Audacity in May

The list of data collected includes:
Users country (based on IP address)
Non-fatal error codes
Users OS and version
Processor in use

edit:
The changes will come into affect with Audacity 3.0
 
 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
This is why we can't have nice things, Luckily we have a decent community of people developing a fork of 2.0. 
 
Sources
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/04/open-source-audacity-deemed-spyware-over-data-collection-changes

this is from there latest privacy policy which was updated AFTER they said they were not going to, lol. 

Summary
Audacity, a free audio recording software that is currently used by millions, has been call out as spyware in a recent report. It's new privacy policy changes, that were updated June 2nd, have revealed the software is collecting user data and sharing it with whoever they like, including sending the data to Russia. 

Muse purchased Audacity in May

The list of data collected includes:
Users country (based on IP address)
Non-fatal error codes
Users OS and version
Processor in use

edit:
The changes will come into affect with Audacity 3.0
 
 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
This is why we can't have nice things, Luckily we have a decent community of people developing a fork of 2.0. 
 
Sources
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/04/open-source-audacity-deemed-spyware-over-data-collection-changes

https://github.com/cookiengineer/audacity

https://github.com/cookiengineer/audacity

Summary
Audacity, a free audio recording software that is currently used by millions, has been call out as spyware in a recent report. It's new privacy policy changes, that were updated June 2nd, have revealed the software is collecting user data and sharing it with whoever they like, including sending the data to Russia. 

Muse purchased Audacity in May

The list of data collected includes:
Users country (based on IP address)
Non-fatal error codes
Users OS and version
Processor in use

edit:
The changes will come into affect with Audacity 3.0
 
 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
This is why we can't have nice things, Luckily we have a decent community of people developing a fork of 2.0. 
 
Sources
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/04/open-source-audacity-deemed-spyware-over-data-collection-changes

Summary
Audacity, a free audio recording software that is currently used by millions, has been call out as spyware in a recent report. It's new privacy policy changes, that were updated June 2nd, have revealed the software is collecting user data and sharing it with whoever they like, including sending the data to Russia. 

Muse purchased Audacity in May

The list of data collected includes:
Users country (based on IP address)
Non-fatal error codes
Users OS and version
Processor in use

edit:
The changes will come into affect with Audacity 3.0
 
 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
This is why we can't have nice things, Luckily we have a decent community of people developing a fork of 2.0. 
 
Sources
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/04/open-source-audacity-deemed-spyware-over-data-collection-changes

Summary
Audacity, a free audio recording software that is currently used by millions, has been call out as spyware in a recent report. It's new privacy policy changes, that were updated June 2nd, have revealed the software is collecting user data and sharing it with whoever they like, including sending the data to Russia. 

Muse purchased Audacity in May

The list of data collected includes:
Users country (based on IP address)
Non-fatal error codes
Users OS and version
Processor in use

edit:
The changes will come into affect with Audacity 3.0
 
 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
This is why we can't have nice things, Luckily we have a decent community of people developing a fork of 2.0. 
 
Sources
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/04/open-source-audacity-deemed-spyware-over-data-collection-changes

Summary
Audacity, a free audio recording software that is currently used by millions, has been call out as spyware in a recent report. It's new privacy policy changes, that were updated June 2nd, have revealed the software is collecting user data and sharing it with whoever they like, including sending the data to Russia. 

Muse purchased Audacity in May

The list of data collected includes:
Users country (based on IP address)
Non-fatal error codes
Users OS and version
Processor in use

edit:
The changes will come into affect with Audacity 3.0
 
 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
This is why we can't have nice things, Luckily we have a decent community of people developing a fork of 2.0. 
 
Sources
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/04/open-source-audacity-deemed-spyware-over-data-collection-changes

https://github.com/cookiengineer/audacity

https://github.com/cookiengineer/audacity

Summary
Audacity, a free audio recording software that is currently used by millions, has been call out as spyware in a recent report. It's new privacy policy changes, that were updated June 2nd, have revealed the software is collecting user data and sharing it with whoever they like, including sending the data to Russia. 

Muse purchased Audacity in May

The list of data collected includes:
Users country (based on IP address)
Non-fatal error codes
Users OS and version
Processor in use

edit:
The changes will come into affect with Audacity 3.0
 
 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
This is why we can't have nice things, Luckily we have a decent community of people developing a fork of 2.0. 
 
Sources
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/04/open-source-audacity-deemed-spyware-over-data-collection-changes

Yeah, sorry forgot to put that in the post, it's from version 3.0, current release is 2.0

Essentially that, they cut things, modern machines can cut everything from paper to vynl, and in some cases leather and even wood (to a point). They are used mainly by small businesses, but Cricut are targeted towards the everyday crafter. Their cutting machines allow you to cut things more precisely, allowing for better, more Intricate designs than using traditional crafting techniques. (I hope this explains it lol)  

Summary
 Cricut recently announced changes to their policy, expecting users to pay $10 a month for unlimited uploads, Which cannot be stored locally. Free users will be limited to 20 uploads a month. A lot of projects use 5 or 6+ uploads, severely limiting the use of the machines for free users. Previously crafters only needed to pay for access to cricuts images and projects. Storing locally is not an option without also using their cloud storage. 
 
Some users are attempting legal action against cricut. In the hopes of forcing the company to reverse their decision, or at least allow local storage of designs, without uploading.  
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
On the one hand, I feel disappointed by the company that was supposed to be "for crafters by crafters".  They are essentially forcing most users to either pay the subscription or be extremely limited for an expensive machine. On the other,  I understand servers are expensive to run. However they should allow users to store locally if they don't want/need the benefits of cloud storage. 
 
Sources
 https://gizmodo.com/cricut-now-wants-users-to-pay-extra-for-unlimited-use-o-1846477745 
 
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/15/22332212/cricut-crafting-machine-design-space-upload-limit

Essentially that, they cut things, modern machines can cut everything from paper to vynl, and in some cases leather and even wood (to a point). They are used mainly by small businesses, but Cricut are targeted towards the everyday crafter. Their cutting machines allow you to cut things more precisely, allowing for better, more Intricate designs than using traditional crafting techniques. (I hope this explains it lol)  

Essentially that, they cut things, modern machines can cut everything from paper to vynl, and in some cases leather and even wood (to a point). They are used mainly by small businesses, but Cricut are targeted towards the everyday crafter. Their cutting machines allow you to cut things more precisely, allowing for better, more Intricate designs than using traditional crafting techniques. (I hope this explains it lol)  

Gotta admit, that's a really good business strategy. Haven't made enough from the customers purchase? Add another monetary barrier of entry.

 
At least users can do 20 cuts a month for free.. How ''''nice'''' of them.

Summary
 Cricut recently announced changes to their policy, expecting users to pay $10 a month for unlimited uploads, Which cannot be stored locally. Free users will be limited to 20 uploads a month. A lot of projects use 5 or 6+ uploads, severely limiting the use of the machines for free users. Previously crafters only needed to pay for access to cricuts images and projects. Storing locally is not an option without also using their cloud storage. 
 
Some users are attempting legal action against cricut. In the hopes of forcing the company to reverse their decision, or at least allow local storage of designs, without uploading.  
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
On the one hand, I feel disappointed by the company that was supposed to be "for crafters by crafters".  They are essentially forcing most users to either pay the subscription or be extremely limited for an expensive machine. On the other,  I understand servers are expensive to run. However they should allow users to store locally if they don't want/need the benefits of cloud storage. 
 
Sources
 https://gizmodo.com/cricut-now-wants-users-to-pay-extra-for-unlimited-use-o-1846477745 
 
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/15/22332212/cricut-crafting-machine-design-space-upload-limit

Entry number: 6232 Sniperpaul296 should be GamerGeckoGeek. Thanks

I've been wanting to say something for a little while now, and I've sat on my thoughts until now. But the video "FP Exclusive - Teasing Dale the Sleeper" is what finally drove me over the edge.
 
@LinusTech mate, you in particular, have this bad habit of apologising, for frankly nothing.
"I haven't done an update for you guys in a while" You kidding me? The last update was what, less than a week ago? Is that even considered a long time?
I kinda feel like you've got these sky-high expectations for yourself and what you and your team "should" be producing for us, to the point where you're actually being unreasonable with yourself and putting these unnecessary demands on your 'required' output. You've got a wife mate, and kids, I understand if something is gonna be a day late or even just a few hours late - That's cool with me - deal with your stuff; it's okay.
 
And @nicklmg, you as well, end up apologising to us because adobe media encoder threw a sheep bleat error and an upload will now take "another hour or two". So what? An hour or two? Is that meant to be some massive hindrance or upset for me and all the other Floatplaners? (Did you ever decide on a noun in the end?)
Don't get me wrong - I understand that you want to be transparent and communicate well with us - and that's great - But I don't think that you owe us an apology for adobe errors and editing issues. I for one am glad you take the time to make your content the best you can - That's why I continue to watch after a year and a half of having found you all.
 
Both of you - I understand that you're trying really hard to put a super professional face on what was originally a small upstart youtuber operation, making yourselves into a full-fat media organisation that's capable of operating and delivering without the support of the youtube infrastructure and userbase, but it really does feel like you're all far too often harsh on yourselves over comparatively tiny little upsets about delivery and updates.
 
I didn't pay £50 (or whatever it was) for Floatplane because I DEMANDED that content be provided on an ultra-strict schedule with ABSOLUTELY NO DISAPPOINTMENTS.
I paid the money because I like the content you produce, I like you guys, and I wanna help you all succeed and keep making this stuff.
So what if a video is a couple of hours late? So what if it's been a few extra days or a week since you gave us an exclusive update or lead hours/days on a video before it's published to youtube? I'm still gonna watch it on floatplane even though it's sitting in my youtube queue because I get the privilege (yes privilege, not right) of it being ad-free and higher bitrate.
 
I work in TV myself, so I understand the harsh reality of schedules and deliveries... But with nobody to answer to except us (and frankly the Floatplane crowd seem a hell of a lot nicer than the youtube crowd) then I don't think you've got as much to panic over as you think you do. Take it easy - if something's late; then we'll wait.
 
And yeah okay, if all the panic and worry is over meeting advertiser-set deadlines about air dates, then my whole point is kinda null and void, but I figure at least for the sake of the Floatplane crowd (who I hope will back me up in this!) it's worth saying - Don't worry; we'll wait.
 
Much love
Sphelx Komodo

No, but it will give the AI bots the processing power they need to develop a virus for your PC that allows them to escape the confines of the game and reek havoc on the rest of the world.