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Thanks. The article states "If a user buys something from Amazon as a result, money is sent to Canonical in the form of affiliate payments." Is the article in e

Thanks. The article states "If a user buys something from Amazon as a result, money is sent to Canonical in the form of affiliate payments." Is the article in error, or has the behavior changed in response to criticism, or do the amazon links have Canonical affiliate codes? The last seems to be the correct answer - affiliate links are used. I see no evidence Stallman is incorrect and the Shuttleworth blog article does not say they don't use affiliate links. http://askubuntu.com/questions/192725/how-do-i-make-sure-that-canonical-get-affiliate-benefits-when-i-buy-from-amazon http://askubuntu.com/questions/192725/how-do-i-make-sure-tha... > The Amazon affiliate referral happens if you've arrived at the Amazon property via a 'tagged' link. Both links clicked via the dash which go to Amazon sites, and the shortcut in the launcher will add the tag. The tag adds a cookie which lasts for 24 hours. If you buy anything during that period, Canonical will get some affiliate revenue.

Irregardless 14y ago
I'm actually not sure after reading both again -- Shuttleworth seems to imply that they're not doing this for money, but he doesn't explicitly say it. Either way, these search results are distinctly different from the ads in the launcher that people were talking about a couple weeks ago, but everyone seems to be mixing the two up. Both can be easily disabled, though. And searching your own machine is still an option.
- white_devil 14y ago
  > Shuttleworth seems to imply that they're not doing this for money, but he doesn't explicitly say it What else would Amazon referrals be about, if not money?
  - lotu 14y ago
    You can do things for more than one reason. They can think these results will be beneficial to users and help keep Canonical solvent.
    - nvmc 14y ago
      I find it very hard to believe that anyone, let alone the presumably technologically proficient people at Canonical, would actually think that sponsored search results are useful. When was the last time anyone clicked a sponsored Google result?

Irregardless 14y ago

I'm actually not sure after reading both again -- Shuttleworth seems to imply that they're not doing this for money, but he doesn't explicitly say it. Either way, these search results are distinctly different from the ads in the launcher that people were talking about a couple weeks ago, but everyone seems to be mixing the two up. Both can be easily disabled, though. And searching your own machine is still an option.

white_devil 14y ago
> Shuttleworth seems to imply that they're not doing this for money, but he doesn't explicitly say it What else would Amazon referrals be about, if not money?
- lotu 14y ago
  You can do things for more than one reason. They can think these results will be beneficial to users and help keep Canonical solvent.
  - nvmc 14y ago
    I find it very hard to believe that anyone, let alone the presumably technologically proficient people at Canonical, would actually think that sponsored search results are useful. When was the last time anyone clicked a sponsored Google result?