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Need to switch to Hanna Montana Linux now (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 128 points 11 months ago (4 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 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

I think this is the best take. This alone if it went nowhere is fairly harmless.

But I think we know what it really is, is the start of a slippery slope.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Different strokes and all that. I'm personally ok with the way this is done, but I can also see why people wouldn't like it at all

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I use Ubuntu and I haven’t seen ads in the terminal.

But I see everyone complaining about them.

What am I missing here?