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If this becomes an important money maker for Canonical, you just know that they will find a way to make it hard to turn off. This seems like the first step wher
by astine 14y ago
If this becomes an important money maker for Canonical, you just know that they will find a way to make it hard to turn off. This seems like the first step where they are willfully making the user experience worse rather than better, to fulfill a shortterm end. If this is the only way for Canonical to break even on Ubuntu, that says a lot about the future of desktop Linux in general.
- fromhet 14y agoBeing profitable is not a 'shortterm end'.
- mattdeboard 14y agoIf it's ever any harder than "apt-get remove --purge" then you'll have a problem worth complaining about. Until then, meh.
- veridies 14y agoBut this isn't just ads. In fact, I doubt it's even primarily ads. I like this functionality a lot, as long as I can turn it off. I like being able to quickly press a key then search Amazon. It's a great new feature for me and I'm happy it's included. A lot of people are upset, but this isn't like having a banner ad on the desktop. It's a real feature, just with a nice side effect for Canonical.
- grantismo 14y agoClassic slippery slope fallacy. Until it's actually hard to turn off, this argument is meaningless. Privacy concerns aside, in what ways does this actually worsen the user experience?
- joefarish 14y ago"you just know that they will find a way to make it hard to turn off" What makes you say that?