Continuing Ubuntu One was not sustainable: https://ubuntu.com/blog/shutting-down-ubuntu-one-file-services https://ubuntu.com/blog/shutting-down-ubuntu-one-file-

Continuing Ubuntu One was not sustainable: https://ubuntu.com/blog/shutting-down-ubuntu-one-file-services https://ubuntu.com/blog/shutting-down-ubuntu-one-file-servic... Ubuntu One file syncing, also server part, has been Open Sourced with much effort from Canonical: https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-one-file-syncing-code-open-sourced https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-one-file-syncing-code-open-so... Ubuntu Touch https://ubports.com https://ubports.com is run by community and has rapid progress, it's running on PinePhone etc. Canonical would have liked to continue Unity: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/why-did-ubuntu-drop-unity-mark-shuttleworth-explains https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/why-did-ubuntu-drop-unit... I would presume Upstart Init system was changed to systemd because other distros started using systemd. I don't see a trend here.