[Bug 723831] Re: Installer – The option to 'install third-party software' when installing Ubuntu should be selected by default (aka "make Youtube work")

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

@willcooke - the technical board, and mark, have rejected this bug
report. it will not be reconsidered in ubuntu.

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Title:
  Installer – The option to 'install third-party software' when
  installing Ubuntu should be selected by default (aka "make Youtube
  work")

Status in Ayatana Design:
  Triaged
Status in ubuntu-community:
  Won't Fix
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Note: this request was discussed at the Ubuntu Technical Board meeting
  on 2011-03-24 with an unanimous decision not to make the requested
  alterations to Ubiquity, the Ubuntu installer.  Full details can be
  read on command #19 onwards and in the discussion preceding the
  decision, which is available at:

    http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/03/24/%23ubuntu-meeting.html#t18:11

    AGREED received:  Ubuntu will not enable ubuntu-restricted-* installation by default, and will retain its stance
    Final result is 0 for, 5 against. 0 abstained. Total: -5

  Original report request:

  Installer – The option to 'install third-party software' when
  installing Ubuntu should be selected by default.

  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 proprietary equivalents it
  will no longer be necessary to have this option.

  This change only proposes changing the selection of a pre-existing
  option in the installer to selected by default.  No other changes are
  proposed with regards to the 'install 3rd party software'
  functionality that currently ships in Ubuntu.

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