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This. Any unsollicited communication that's meant to make you investigate or buy a commercial product is an advertisement. That's all. Is it less intrusive than the TikTok ad in Windows start menu, I think it may be, but it's still an advertisement, by definition.
For me it is, I would've never ever expected an ad on cli, on a local install, on my machine.
Logged into an ec2 and see an advert? Sure. But not on my own shit. It's a true "ah fuck I can't believe you've done this" factor.
Ubuntu Pro seems to be free for regular users (on up to five machines).
Would bother me a lot more if it wasn't a free service. Now it's ehh
As I mentioned in another comment, it's still a commercial offering, that happens to have a free tier. Would we be okay with a YouTube link in the same spot?
Honestly, it doesn't bother me that much. It's more that you can see a more and more corporate-y trend in Canonical's decision making, which I personally don't really care for. If I used Ubuntu with the default shell I'd probably just override the MOTD and go on with my life.
Like, promoting Youtube or just a link to a Youtube video promoting Ubuntu Pro or what do you mean?
A link promoting any other commercial product with a free tier. Like AWS, or YouTube.
I wouldn't be really bothered if Google promoted Youtube in their product. I'd expect it, really.