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Tenacity – a multi-track audio editor/recorder

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Re: Tenacity – a multi-track audio editor/recorder

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Post by gpers0n »

cookiengineer wrote: post #60
gpers0n wrote: post #58

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To be fair, I'm not sure if that's really an accurate description of it. Either way, just wanted to say hi! :D

You are not the one who lost their loved ones over this, we are way past that point of assumed innocence. There's a reason for why I am doing what I am doing.

If it has truly escalated to that point, then I certainly cannot speak further. You are right in that I have been fortunate enough not to lose anyone over such a matter. I do feel sorry for your loss, however, because no one deserves to lose a loved one like that.

Re: Tenacity – a multi-track audio editor/recorder

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Post by jmiskovic »

ginko wrote: post #20
jmiskovic wrote: post #16

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This is easy to fix with local storage. You reopen the tab and you're right where you left it. Unfortunately the companies see it as an opportunity to lock users in with cloud saving. The allure is that the web is the most open, most stable and the most cross-device platform we have. Almost anything that was made for web still works today, with Flash and Java applets being the two big exceptions. Following the Lindy…

How is the web stable? Any server can change the app you're working on without you being able to do anything. Tons of the old web is broken or gone. Compare that to a win32 desktop app that will almost certainly keep working indefinitely without any changes. Plus you can use proper files for storage.

I was talking about web as technology stack. The tech is battle proven and capable. I had great success in getting some ancient web projects to run locally, less luck with Windows projects and even less with Linux sources.

You are right that by the nature of web the long term stability is not guaranteed. The ecosystem could do more to encourage decoupling and graceful degradation. About 95% of modern web is competing in sharing your data to even more "parties with legitimate interest".

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