[CoLoCo] Abolutely uggh!

[Gary Romero]

It might actually bring other users to Linux this way. Amazon is a big name
that a lot of people trust.

Besides, it could be worse... ITunes preloaded, icky!

-Gar

On Sunday, September 23, 2012, Nick Post wrote:

> Exactly, but in Ubuntu's defense, they probably get more funding from
> Amazon if it's just built in. I can't say I blame them.
>
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Alexander Stokes <stokes91 at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'stokes91 at gmail.com');>
> > wrote:
>
>> Yeah, had me scared for a bit too, but yep, its just the start of a
>> smarter search. In no time, I am sure users will have the option to select
>> their favourite store to search for things. I.e. Amazon for media, newegg
>> for hardware,  etc.
>>
>> Personally my vote would have been to have made it an opt-in feature so
>> this little tizzy wouldn't have happened.
>> On Sep 23, 2012 11:58 AM, "David Overcash" <funnylookinhat at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'funnylookinhat at gmail.com');>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure it's worth getting in a huff over.
>>>
>>> 1) You can remove them if you don't want them.
>>> 2) They're not ads ( classic poor summary by Slashdot editors ), they're
>>> suggestions for things that they predict you would want to purchase through
>>> the dash.  For example, I search for "Simon and Garfunkel" and realize I
>>> don't in fact own the song I was hoping I could - rather than show me
>>> absolutely nothing, the dash now provides me with a solid solution.
>>> 3) The goal of the dash is to be able to show you anything and
>>> everything - i.e. a one stop place to search for anything ( whether it be
>>> local or on the web ).  Because they're sending these searches through a
>>> proxy hosted by canonical, they remain both anonymous and, ultimately, more
>>> powerful.
>>>
>>> Mark Shuttleworth's explanation is pretty good as well -
>>> http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1182
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> David
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'crichey at gmail.com');>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/09/22/1319216/ubuntu-will-now-have-amazon-ads-pre-installed
>>>>
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Gary Romero
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