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Why the heck do I need to pay for security updates??? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Can someone explain to me why the fuck I should pay for installing packages that are available in other distros?

WTF Ubuntu???

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's not at all what's happening. Canonical have not put anything that was previously available without an account, behind this service. As others have noted, they're making something that was previously paid-only, free for up to 5 machines.

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