----- Original Message ----- > On 22/09/12 19:29, keith wrote: > > I'm happily using 12.04 on my laptop. I've just found out that > > Canonical has a tie-up with Amazon for 12.10 onwards. There is some > > discussion about what information will be sent to Amazon when > > executing > > a local search. > > > > http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4558489 > > > > Any information on this? > > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-September/035905.html > I don't agree with this decision esp.
quote from olver ries mail > For some of this content, if a user clicks the item and purchases it, it > will generate affiliate revenue that we can invest back into the project > (in a similar way to how we generate revenue from the Firefox search > bar). We have found affiliate revenue to be a good method of helping us > to continue to invest in maturing and growing Ubuntu. I don't agree with this decision I was not aware of this and consider it esp dreadful to set this as default in Ubuntu 12.10. Canonical could engage in other ways gaining Revenue than patronizing end-users.... As having Ubuntu on mobile devices i don't appreciate unwanted Traffic from/to Amazon refering to a high price on mobile data transfer... A constant keepalive to Amazon is also not acceptable... J -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
