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It was not just their own services, mate. It showed Amazon ads, too. https://www.thefastcode.com/en-idr/article/how-to-disable-the-amazon-search-ads-in-ubuntu-

It was not just their own services, mate. It showed Amazon ads, too. https://www.thefastcode.com/en-idr/article/how-to-disable-the-amazon-search-ads-in-ubuntu-s-unity-dash https://www.thefastcode.com/en-idr/article/how-to-disable-th... (How To Disable the Amazon Search Ads in Ubuntu's Unity Dash) https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/10asnf/ubuntu_will_now_have_amazon_ads_preinstalled/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/10asnf/ubuntu_will_n... https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/10hmmb/ubuntu_privacy_blunder_over_amazon_ads_continues/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/10hmmb/ubuntu_privac... 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... So yeah, no. To all the down-voters, they were actual ads, and they actually were in Ubuntu. Sorry.

Gigachad 1y ago
Ah I forgot about that Amazon ad since it was over 10 years ago.
mmcnl 1y ago
To be fair this was 10 years ago and they have reversed course for a long time. Windows has ads now.
- johnisgood 1y ago
  They may have reversed it, but they put it there in the first place. Who is to say they will not do it again? Do you know of any other distributions that have done the same? And yeah, Windows is awful, too.
  - garbagewoman 1y ago
    Microsoft might decide, at any point, to take all of the ads out of windows, too. Is my comment correct? Technically, yes. Is it relevant? No.
    - johnisgood 1y ago
      Sure, but back when Ubuntu had ads, you could have said the same about Ubuntu. My point is that the statement that Ubuntu is without ads is not accurate. They already put ads into Ubuntu, and if currently there are no ads, there might be in the future, because now we know that they do not have an issue doing so.
      - garbagewoman 1y ago
        I get your point, it’s just not relevant
  - redserk 1y ago
    10 years is an eternity in tech-related management. Genuinely, are the folks who advocated and pushed for the Amazon tie-in even still working for Canonical?

Gigachad 1y ago

Ah I forgot about that Amazon ad since it was over 10 years ago.

mmcnl 1y ago

To be fair this was 10 years ago and they have reversed course for a long time. Windows has ads now.

johnisgood 1y ago
They may have reversed it, but they put it there in the first place. Who is to say they will not do it again? Do you know of any other distributions that have done the same? And yeah, Windows is awful, too.
- garbagewoman 1y ago
  Microsoft might decide, at any point, to take all of the ads out of windows, too. Is my comment correct? Technically, yes. Is it relevant? No.
  - johnisgood 1y ago
    Sure, but back when Ubuntu had ads, you could have said the same about Ubuntu. My point is that the statement that Ubuntu is without ads is not accurate. They already put ads into Ubuntu, and if currently there are no ads, there might be in the future, because now we know that they do not have an issue doing so.
    - garbagewoman 1y ago
      I get your point, it’s just not relevant
- redserk 1y ago
  10 years is an eternity in tech-related management. Genuinely, are the folks who advocated and pushed for the Amazon tie-in even still working for Canonical?