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I hate it, but they absolutely have the right. That's like saying "too bad Google thinks they have a right to my emails". They're up front about it, and you're
by corin_ 14y ago
I hate it, but they absolutely have the right. That's like saying "too bad Google thinks they have a right to my emails". They're up front about it, and you're perfectly free to a.) campaign to change their decision or b.) not use their product.
- sp332 14y agoIf I send my email to Google's servers, or register an account for people to send email intended for me to Google's servers, then I'm OK with Google having my email. If I type something on my own machine, I do not think it's right for anyone else to think they can just take it.
- corin_ 14y agoMaybe it's not the most perfect comparison, but it's still the user choosing to use the service/software. Maybe adverts on a website is more apt. A company is putting time and money into a product, and attempting to monetise it with advertising. As a user, you can chose "this level of advertising is fine by me" or "this is too much I don't want it", and then either stop using their product, or prevent the adverts from happening. And sure, I go to websites with popups and pop-unders and etc. etc. which make me think "what the hell are these assholes playing at", but I'd never question whether they have the right to do it on their own website, only whether I want to visit that website again in the future.
- sp332 14y agoOK, but I think you might be missing the point. I guess I appreciate that they are making this issue apparent instead of trying to sneak it in without my knowledge. My point in writing is to let them know that I will not be using their product. We are (as you put it) campaigning to try to change Canonical's mind (and also to prevent any confusion by other people who might make this decision in the future).
- chimeracoder 14y agoWhen Gmail first came out, there was a lot of privacy concerns with them simply scanning email for targeting advertising. It's amazing how quickly we've forgotten about that...
- rivd 14y agoMaybe its not about forgetting those concerns, but it has become so common for (online) companies to disregard privacy issues that its getting increasingly more difficult to escape it, to the point that it is pointless to complain about it. And when few people complain it becomes "normal" / the status quo.
- devcpp 14y agoFor Google, I don't truly have a choice because there is no serious competitor for both the quality and the privacy, so I just ticked a.). For Ubuntu, a.) and b.). Shuttleworth's childish attitude is shocking.