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> First introduced in Ubuntu 12.10, the Amazon web launcher gives Ubuntu users an easy, out-of-the-box shortcut to the Amazon website. [...] > Ubuntu 20.04 ‘F
by gtirloni 7y ago
> First introduced in Ubuntu 12.10, the Amazon web launcher gives Ubuntu users an easy, out-of-the-box shortcut to the Amazon website.
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> Ubuntu 20.04 ‘Focal Fossa’ will not include the Amazon web launcher, and neither will the next Ubuntu 18.04 LTS point release.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/01/ubuntu-removes-the-amazon-web-app https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/01/ubuntu-removes-the-amazo...
- mFixman 7y agoThey might have changed it in the last 8 years, but one of the worst things about this change is that the referrer requests were made in HTTP. Anyone sniffing your connection could find out what you were writing on the Ubuntu spotlight.