Ubuntu Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed

Post by ps258 » Sun, Sep 23, 2012, 7:38 AM UTC

bashzor wrote: post #46

postfuturist wrote: post #26

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What about Firefox which has shipped with Google search default since forever, which Google pays Mozilla for, which Google makes money on? Will you never use Firefox again?

Hmm, that's a valid point. I just have the idea of Linux distributions as being completely free and non-profit oriented. Also I'm used to the OS having no ads by itself, only on webpages. Guess I overreacted.

Post by ps258 » Sun, Sep 23, 2012, 7:57 AM UTC

001sky wrote: post #193

The business model of the future: Dual revenue. Sell your product. And your users.

Post by joefarish » Sun, Sep 23, 2012, 9:03 AM UTC

astine wrote: post #140

rbanffy wrote: post #137

Am I the only one here who thinks this is not disturbing at all? If you don't like it, it's not very difficult to turn off. If you find it too difficult to turn off, maybe Ubuntu is not the right operating system for you.

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.

Post by fierarul » Sun, Sep 23, 2012, 9:14 AM UTC

sethammons wrote: post #188

fierarul wrote: post #131

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I would buy this. Even if Acer would come with Ubuntu instead of their Linpus thing, it would be a huge win. Knowing I get a 100% Ubuntu certified laptop would make me ignore the brand.

I'm a huge fan of System76, in case you are unfamiliar: https://www.system76.com/

Post by chj » Sun, Sep 23, 2012, 9:40 AM UTC