I mean canonical also tries to monetize its [users](askubuntu.com/…/why-does-the-latest-build-of-ubun…. The problem is more shareholders who want profit than the software being proprietary.
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umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
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tias@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
summerof69@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Canonical has nothing to do with Arch Linux, so I don’t see what’s the issue.
tias@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
And I don’t see why Arch is relevant to the discussion. My point is that software being non-proprietary is not a guarantee for preventing fuckery like Microsoft’s. Profit-maximizing companies will maximize their profits, proprietary software or not.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 years ago
I am on Linux. I just posted about what Windows users are saying.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
[deleted]lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
Ya got me on the atheist and firefox thing
morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
For the average user this is like a minor annoyance like once a month. Not worth switching OS’s over.
blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Yeah, it’s a minor annoyance… another minor annoyance on top of all the others. And another personal data leak (or siphon) to go with all the others.
This on its own is not worth switching OSs for - but as a piece of a larger picture it’s yet another reason to consider it. And for some people this may be what tips the scales in their evaluation.
drcabbage@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
It’s a boil the frog scenario. Windows users will always cope with more and more shit thrown at them.
Statick@programming.dev 2 years ago
And Linux fanboys will get up on their high horses while googling how to fix their driver issues.
cooopsspace@infosec.pub 2 years ago
There’s been tens of dozens of annoyances over the last decade.
Literally not even boiling the frog at this point, the frog is fried.