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Is this in any way different than having Google as default search engine, taking a share of music sold via the music library or taking a share of what software

by fromhet 14y ago

Is this in any way different than having Google as default search engine, taking a share of music sold via the music library or taking a share of what software is sold via the in-os-app-store? Nothing shitty, I bet many (not you guys who read HN, but non-power users) will like this feature. I don't think I'll disable it. And that: it's possible to disable, that is nice.

woe 14y ago
Don't be absurd. Of course it's different than having Google as default search engine. The provision of a default search engine is an absolute requirement for providing "search the Internet" functionality. If a default engine has to be provided, it's not so offensive for Canonical to score some cash by providing the option that practically all of their users would choose anyway. The provision of a default shopping engine is not a requirement for providing "search my computer" functionality. They're taking one thing - a tool for managing my own data, on my own computer - and turning it into something else: a way for a multinational retail behemoth to constantly exhort me to buy things. Weariness with endless commercial bombardment is a significant reason why I showed Apple the door and started using Ubuntu in the first place. Apparently, I didn't run far enough.