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Need to switch to Hanna Montana Linux now (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago (44 children)

What??? For realsies???

[–] [email protected] 114 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (41 children)

This is the "ad". Personally, I don't think a little plug like this is worth any kind of fuss. If it were a real ad or something, then yea I would get it.

[–] [email protected] 128 points 9 months ago (12 children)

An ad is an ad and this definitely is an ad. This is the kind of shit that made me quit Windows and it would make me quit Ubuntu if I was using it.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Is it less intrusive

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Would we be okay with a YouTube link in the same spot?

Like, promoting Youtube or just a link to a Youtube video promoting Ubuntu Pro or what do you mean?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

A link promoting any other commercial product with a free tier. Like AWS, or YouTube.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

I wouldn't be really bothered if Google promoted Youtube in their product. I'd expect it, really.

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