[Bug 1930914] Re: ubuntu-minimal depends on ubuntu-advantage-tools

[Sky]

vi0oss came up with a clever workaround for getting this spamware off
our systems.

> Can it be overridden with an additional package which Provides, Breaks and Conflicts with ubuntu-advantage-tools?
(From this comment https://old.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/yg97tk/ubuntu_includes_ads_in_system_update_theyre/iuj7hug/ -- I went ahead and attached the deb here for posterity, but it's also in that thread)

So far the deb they created is working for me.

Long term solution being to switch to a distro that respects their
users.

** Attachment added: "fake-ubuntu-advantage-tools.deb"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/1930914/+attachment/5628220/+files/fake-ubuntu-advantage-tools.deb

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Title:
  ubuntu-minimal depends on ubuntu-advantage-tools

Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  This is counter to #1566183 There is no reason to enforce desktop
  users who manage machine on their own to install ubuntu-advantage-
  tools, especially when this is 'minimal' version.  This should include
  only essential packages to make the OS functional

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubuntu-minimal 1.450.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-73.82-lowlatency 5.4.106
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-73-lowlatency x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  Date: Fri Jun  4 18:54:56 2021
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-01-29 (491 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-06-27 (342 days ago)

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