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> Ahh, but think of the value our users would get out of us presenting them with Amazon ads in their DE What? Is this in regards to what Cannonical did back i

> Ahh, but think of the value our users would get out of us presenting them with Amazon ads in their DE What? Is this in regards to what Cannonical did back in 2013 or something else? If it is about the Cannonical scandal, I am not sure how that's related to DEs, since it was Ubuntu doing it Or did something similar happen again with a specific DE?

osrec 4y ago
Not sure exactly what the OP was getting at, but it might be a dig at Windows and the random junk it keeps popping up now and again (news updates and whatnot).
coldpie 4y ago
Yeah, that's the direct reference[1] but also more recent junk like ads in Explorer on Windows[2]. They're examples of the DE (maybe the wrong term, sorry) devs getting in the way of users doing what they want to do. [1] https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/09/mark-shuttleworth-explains-ubuntus-new-amazon-adware-feature https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/09/mark-shuttleworth-explai... [2] https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979251/microsoft-file-explorer-ads-windows-11-testing https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979251/microsoft-file-e...
gfaster 4y ago
Well, Canonical did put ads in apt[1] [1]: https://askubuntu.com/q/1434512 https://askubuntu.com/q/1434512
tcmart14 4y ago
I remember in maybe 2011/2012, Ubuntu did have embedded ads in their Unity DE. [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-and-data-leaks https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-am...