I never stopped using Fedora.

 

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 Leslie
 Mr. Leslie Satenstein
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--- On Fri, 10/19/12, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Jeremy <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MLUG] ubuntu adware?
To: [email protected]
Date: Friday, October 19, 2012, 5:49 PM

On 12-09-24 10:41 AM, Jeremy wrote:
> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/09/22/1319216/ubuntu-will-now-have-amazon-ads-pre-installed

So I just booted up the 12.10 release CD and fancy that there is a big honking 
Amazon icon preinstalled in the sidebar. I thought this was all going to be 
"unobtrusive" and "only if the user searches the net" and is "not an affiliate 
program" and "not advertising" and all the other platitudes coughed up last 
month.

But don't worry, Mark says we already trust them because "they have root" on 
our machines.

I am sad, but it is not unexpected. I understand the need for revenue for 
corporations. I guess the fact that a large revenue-oriented corporation makes 
my operating system again after all these years is what makes me sad.

Jeremy
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