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Good for them. Ubuntu does lots of good work that benefit the whole community, and if this allows them to stay in business, and pay people well to write open-so
by matt4077 9y ago
Good for them. Ubuntu does lots of good work that benefit the whole community, and if this allows them to stay in business, and pay people well to write open-source software, I'm not complaining.
Considering the example shown (which I also get logging in) is about HBO's use of Tensorflow, this also happens to be the best-targeted ad I've seen in a while. At that level, advertising actually does become something that's valuable/interesting for the recipient.
And if not, it takes about 10 seconds to disable.
- revmoo 9y agoIt has to make unauthorized connections to pull down ads. No, this is not acceptable.
- ckastner 9y agoI don't think that the advertisement itself is the issue, but rather the medium chosen for it. Speaking for myself, I expect /etc/motd to contain information deemed relevant to me by the responsible sysadmin. I feel like this is the hi-jacking of a well-established communications channel, for ads no less.