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kew 4.1 released (offline terminal music player and library browser) (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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kew 4.1 adds:

  • Cross-fade (both on-demand and automatic).
  • More cool visualizer modes (press v).
  • Auto-resume.
  • Custom layouts.

More info here:

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[–] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Looks neat, but I don't think that you can claim to be "Private and offline" when the default is to broadcast what you're playing. That feature should be opt-in, not opt-out

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Well, I don't exactly do that, there's an asterisk that explains the situation in one sentence.

    kew itself does not have telemetry, it does not collect data, it does not access the internet. It passes now playing to discord if discord is running, and this can be turned off. Discord of course, uploads that information and broadcasts to others.

    For someone who cares about privacy for real, not running discord is all they have to do.

    But I hear what you are saying, and I had serious doubts about allowing this, and will consider it. The problem is most people want the now playing feature, and it also helps spread the word. I think only a tiny minority edits their settings at all. but I could be wrong.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    I went ahead and changed it to opt-in and it's now on main. I'm going to await what other people have to say, but likely this will be opt-in in the next release, which will be soon because there's a problem with FreeBsd.

    I'm also going to add a "How to make sure kew is private" section to the readme.

    EDIT: Made the release, so from 4.1.3 onward discord is opt-in.

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