Possibly linux to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agoRemember back when Ubuntu put ads in the dash? I do (~2014)imagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down18
arrow-up1401arrow-down1imageRemember back when Ubuntu put ads in the dash? I do (~2014)Possibly linux to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squarePossibly linuxOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·5 days agoI still think they should never be able to escape the controversy. It was 10 years ago but the possibly that it could be reintroduced still exists.
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 days agoThey’ve never given me the vibe that that reversal of course was permanent, or that other things they do aren’t similarly anti-user
minus-squarelaurelravenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoIn many respects, I think the scare manipulation they’re pulling when someone updates their system up try to get them to buy their subscription service is worse, implying that they won’t be getting all of the security patches they need otherwise
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoBuncha dark pattern bullshit
I still think they should never be able to escape the controversy. It was 10 years ago but the possibly that it could be reintroduced still exists.
They’ve never given me the vibe that that reversal of course was permanent, or that other things they do aren’t similarly anti-user
In many respects, I think the scare manipulation they’re pulling when someone updates their system up try to get them to buy their subscription service is worse, implying that they won’t be getting all of the security patches they need otherwise
Buncha dark pattern bullshit