expectingtofly wrote: > Sorry, just noticed this thread. > > My view is as follows : > > The BBC Sounds Plugin only offer other programmes if you asked to be > offered them (ie go to "My Recommendations" in the Plugin or go in to > the featured podcasts). You don't have to look in there if you don't > want to! > Signing in gives you lots of benefits including subscription and > bookmarks and continues listening across the different access methods > (website and app). > > The BBC have strong governance processes and are very open about why > they want you to sign in. > https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/why-we-are-asking-you-to-sign-in > > We are being tracked all the time. if you have a mobile smart phone, > the tracking that is going on makes signing in to the BBC seem > incredibly trivial. > I personally am much more comfortable with the BBC tracking me than the > global for profit massive tech companies (Amazon etc) > > LMS itself is recording cookies all the time and you are being tracked > by using various internet based systems on LMS anyway . Including on > mysqueezebox.com (if you sign in, probably even if you don't). Thanks.
I'm not a regular enough user to see any benefit in subscriptions, bookmarks or listening to the same item across different access methods (I doubt my concentration could cope). I'm only too aware that our behaviour is tracked by many organisations, in many ways, and in a sense am not too bothered. But I still make some efforts to keep it down a bit. :-) LMS 7.9.3 on PC, Xubuntu 18.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. 2 Touchs & EDO. LMS plugin UPnP/DLNA Bridge to MF M1 CLiC (A308CR amp & ESLs) & Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Also Minimserver & Upplay to same & to upmpdcli/mpd PC renderers. Squeezelite to Meridian USB Explorer DAC to PC speakers/headphones. Wireless Xubuntu 18.04 laptop firefox/upplay or Android 'phone with Squeeze-Commander/BubbleUPnP controls LMS/Minimserver. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113268 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
