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    [–] gregor@gregtech.eu 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Saying "you can use Ubuntu pro" is not intrusive at all

    [–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

    yeah, messing with apt just to push a service really doesn't sit well. And they don't stop there, snaps are preferred over apt packages in Ubuntu Land.

    [–] oddsys@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

    Snaps suck so much!

    [–] Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    Do feel it is designed to scare normal users though.

    Like how the GUI software updater now shows a list of security updates, and then “there are more security updates available with Ubuntu pro” in the list of updates…. the obvious implication is “you’re computer has other known vulnerabilities that can only be fixed if you pay up”.

    Liiittlle bit ransomey and let be honest that’s by design.

    Wouldn’t consider myself part of the anti canonical pitchfork crowd but that new behaviour did irk me somewhat.

    If Microsoft did that people would be up in arms. Appreciate canonical provide Ubuntu is free but normal users wouldn’t get that nuance as they don’t think they pay for windows.

    [–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Last time I loaded up Ubuntu, considering it for a server, the moment I saw that, I deleted the VM and took it off my list permanently

    I have no interest in that kind of manipulative BS

    Yeah, I was not loving how hard they’re going for snaps, but the whole “Ubuntu Pro” bullshit scaremongering just 100% turned me off of the distro.

    [–] rain_worl@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

    ubuntu pro is free to just use on one computer

    [–] Oisteink@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

    No - and if they left it at that it would be great. I had to clean up 25 devices that had ububtu Lts, and that advantage had enabled the repos for thst shit, so apt wouldnt even do a dist-upgrade to prepare for do-release-upgrade.

    Its not just the OS either, they are cancer to oss with their mixed «community» and enterprise stuff.

    They only ever open source as little as they can.

    Sell services, not code