Stop it already!

[chris]

On 10/11/13 23:26, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 11/08/2013 06:39 PM, William Scott Lockwood III wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net> wrote:
>>> On 11/08/2013 06:27 PM, Tom H wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:27 PM, W. Scott Lockwood III
>>>> <scott at guppylog.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Why is it that people who post about the recent issue with Canonical
>>>
>>> /snip/
>>>
>>> I think that Tom H has got it right. There's too much arguing on the
>>> mailing lists. And if Ubuntu bugs you--you know who you are--then
>>> *don't use it!*  There are a couple of hundred Linux distros. Pick
>>> another one.
>>>
>>> --doug
>>
>> No. If you don't like that users will be critical of people who make
>> dick moves in the community, and think dissent should be silenced, I
>> suggest you pick another distro - OS X might be more to your liking,
>> or Windows.
>
> LOL, I do have to agree that this is technical question, when it 
> relates to the ~behavior~ of my installed software on my machine and 
> my perceived notions of how to improve it. I just bought several items 
> from Amazon tonight. BUT! I have done the knee-jerk and my sharing 
> with Ubuntu a couple of cents from my purchase didn't happen, as I had 
> it turned off.
>
> Why not just a simple "CLICK!" and the feature is off, until I KNOW I 
> am about to search for and buy something from Amazon, and CLICK! it's 
> back on, and I willingly allow Ubuntu to make ten cents, as I consider 
> myself to be somewhat "moral" and wish to repay my Gift Debt to Uncle 
> Mark.
>
> We are NOT idiots nor fools. Don't treat us as such. I'd like to think 
> that most of us have high foreheads and higher IQ's. Don't whiz on our 
> shoes and say it's raining.
>
> Turning on that lens search by default was a boneheaded marketing 
> mistake, plain and simple. And, it IS a tech issue to learn how to 
> turn it off, and then how to make it better. Our non-profit works with 
> convicted criminals. Once the thinking errors are pointed out, the 
> DENIAL starts. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and finally 
> Acceptance are it's stages. Moderating sure seems like Anger In Action 
> to me, and we still have the last three stages to go. I would suggest 
> just bite the bullet, get into a funk when self-realizations hits that 
> such a horrendous mistake was made, and get to Acceptance fixing it so 
> there is mutual benefit. :) Ric
>
>
>
+1 and well put