It might actually bring other users to Linux this way. Amazon is a big name that a lot of people trust. <div><br></div><div>Besides, it could be worse... ITunes preloaded, icky!</div><div><br></div><div>-Gar<span></span><br>
<br>On Sunday, September 23, 2012, Nick Post wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Alexander Stokes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'stokes91@gmail.com');" target="_blank">stokes91@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">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. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Personally my vote would have been to have made it an opt-in feature so this little tizzy wouldn't have happened.</p><div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 23, 2012 11:58 AM, "David Overcash" <<a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'funnylookinhat@gmail.com');" target="_blank">funnylookinhat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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I'm not sure it's worth getting in a huff over.<div><br></div><div>1) You can remove them if you don't want them.</div><div>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.</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br>Mark Shuttleworth's explanation is pretty good as well - </div><div><a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1182" target="_blank">http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1182</a></div><div><br></div>
<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>David<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Collins Richey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'crichey@gmail.com');" target="_blank">crichey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/09/22/1319216/ubuntu-will-now-have-amazon-ads-pre-installed" target="_blank">http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/09/22/1319216/ubuntu-will-now-have-amazon-ads-pre-installed</a><br>
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