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that's not the kind of bundling people are talking about.
by johnny22 10y ago
that's not the kind of bundling people are talking about.
- rodgerd 10y agoDid you even read the article? That's exactly the kind of thing the author claims distribution maintainers protect users from.
- vacri 10y ago"This is why Linux doesn't have spyware, doesn't come with browser toolbars, doesn't bundle limited trials, doesn't nag you to purchase and doesn't pummel you with advertising." The shopping lens was openly added as a marketed feature, and could be turned off with one action. You could, I suppose, class it as spyware, but it wasn't surreptitiously sideloaded - it was touted as a default feature. It didn't alter the browser, wasn't limited run, didn't nag you, and while I didn't use it much, it could hardly be called 'pummelling with advertising'. It was an openly-acknowledged experiment that failed, and was removed.