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Installer – The option to 'install third-party software' when installing Ubuntu should be selected by default - [Please insert copious amounts of background and rationale here, or link - to a blueprint containing such] + There are two issues regarding this change: + + 1) Legal - We are currently checking the legal fine print regarding + changing this option from 'not selected by default' to 'selected by + default'. Legal have given us the provisional OK for this change, they + are doing a final check of the EULA details atm. This issue is in + legal's hands, and a final answer should arrive shortly. + + 2) Usability - We want free software to take over the world! And we want + it to grow beyond the bounds of enthusiasts and to get casual non-techy + users into the world of open source software. To do this we have to + match the experience they receive from proprietary software. For + example people expect YouTube to just work. If YouTube doesn't work + they will say, "I tried this new computer, it looked quite nice but when + I went to YouTube it didn't work so I want back to using my Mac/PC". + There is a low tolerance for failure in common and basic usecases. In + the world we want to get to, all the functionality users expect will be + deliverable with open source software. But to get there we need to + massively increase our user base and attract more developers and + companies to the open source ecosystem. And we won't be able to do that + if we can't meet basic casual user expectations along the way. To beat + the proprietary competition our no. 1 priority has to be delivering the + best possible experience to our users. Unfortunately to do this today + we need to we need to let users use some elements of proprietary + software. However unless we meet user expectations we will never get + the user base required to support the development of open source + alternatives. And when the open source alternatives match the quality + of their priority equilaterals we will no longer need to present this + option. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723831 Title: Installer – The option to 'install third-party software' when installing Ubuntu should be selected by default -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
