• Jul (they/she)@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    5 hours ago

    Ubuntu has that dumb subscription to get security updates that pushed me away. Sure it was free for personal use, but I don’t want to have to give my personal information to get updates that are created primarily by volunteer open source developers anyway.

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      5 hours ago

      What do you think canonical should charge for? They do put a ton of work into the linux eco system

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        1 hour ago

        Entirely seriously:

        Such as what exactly?

        … Developing… Snaps?

        Like, no, really, what do they do?

        Are they why GNOME devs are insufferable?

        ???

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        Y’know…this. I might not like it, and many of their choices are… questionable…

        …but I think it’s good we have some effort coming from full-time career paid Linux developers, rather than just sponsorship money from FOSS-leeches like “mEtA” and “aMaZoN.”

        By simply not using Ubuntu, and ignoring the MOTD on my VM servers…I don’t really feel affected by their actions in any meaningful way. And that makes me happy.

        As opposed to having to just accept whatever new footgun Microsoft wants to blast users with next.