[CoLoCo] Abolutely uggh!

[Nick Post]

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.

On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Alexander Stokes <stokes91 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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.
>
> Personally my vote would have been to have made it an opt-in feature so
> this little tizzy wouldn't have happened.
> On Sep 23, 2012 11:58 AM, "David Overcash" <funnylookinhat at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure it's worth getting in a huff over.
>>
>> 1) You can remove them if you don't want them.
>> 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.
>> 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.
>>
>> Mark Shuttleworth's explanation is pretty good as well -
>> http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1182
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/09/22/1319216/ubuntu-will-now-have-amazon-ads-pre-installed
>>>
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