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		matkoniecz on Dec 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Snap updates happen without user consent Snap is a proprietary system owned by Canonical. The server is not open source, only they can run Snap Store. That is why Canonical pushes it. And `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` CLI log now includes an ad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-advantage-t...

rightbyte on Dec 3, 2022 [–]

We saw this coming as soon as they included the Amazon ads in the start menu.

As they are remotely breaking users' systems too I see no need to recommend Ubuntu as a newbie friendly distro anymore either.

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