I tried Clementine for a while, but I didn’t like how careless the developers were with privacy and security. For example, quietly downloading and executing a Spotify blob (even when I don’t use Spotify), and sending pings to a geolocation service without my permission.
You might also check to see if it has already downloaded any .so files. (These are executable code, like Windows DLLs.) I found one in $HOME/.config/Clementine/spotifyblob/ when I used it a few years ago, but recent versions may store them elsewhere or do it conditionally.
The blob wasn’t packaged with the application. Clementine downloaded the blob after installation. It’s possible that it doesn’t do this automatically any more, or does it under different conditions. I have no reason to investigate further, since I no longer use it.
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I tried Clementine for a while, but I didn’t like how careless the developers were with privacy and security. For example, quietly downloading and executing a Spotify blob (even when I don’t use Spotify), and sending pings to a geolocation service without my permission.
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You might also check to see if it has already downloaded any .so files. (These are executable code, like Windows DLLs.) I found one in $HOME/.config/Clementine/spotifyblob/ when I used it a few years ago, but recent versions may store them elsewhere or do it conditionally.
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The blob wasn’t packaged with the application. Clementine downloaded the blob after installation. It’s possible that it doesn’t do this automatically any more, or does it under different conditions. I have no reason to investigate further, since I no longer use it.
I have the same home directory for 20+ years and have been running Clementine since it was released on Fedora. I have no blobs or .so files.
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I have no spotifyblob directory in my ~/.config/Clementine. Just Clementine.conf, clementine.db, jamendo.db and an albumcovers directory