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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Oh god, what did they do? Do they show ads on the gui?

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    In the system update dialog, you’ll see something like:

    You’re not getting 53 critical security updates! Join Ubuntu Pro to keep yourself safe!

    Ubuntu Pro is a subscription service.

    This is seriously at the level of Norton “AntiVirus”, and it’s truly absurd and nakedly predatory.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's free for personal use though. Canonical have turned ubuntu rather corporate, but let's stick to the facts.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Fair point.

    Counterpoint: why should I be compelled to give Canonical literally anything besides using the package manager to say “I’m using your software and I want the update”? Why do we need this additional new corporate-authorized side channel? What benefit does this yield, outside the realm of profit?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I agree.

    They're a for-profit company, ubuntu pro is supposed to entice business customers. You and I get introduced, because canonical hope that we might use ubuntu profesionally and they gain a new customer. I don't hate it personally, but I see why people don't like it.

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