Your comment is hilarious because Ubuntu placed ads for Amazon in the equivalent of start menu way before Microsoft even had that idea. Ubuntu now displays ads for Ubuntu Pro (or Premium, whatever the name is) in the terminal. Ubuntu is the Windows wannabe of the Linux world.
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Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Me, on my Ubuntu machine: 🧐🤔😂😂😂😂😂😂
woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Thankfully I stay away from the terminal whenever possible and I started using this thing after the ads from Amazon were no longer a thing xd
laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 2 months ago
In other words, you hide your head in the sand, like many Windows users.
Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I just use the GUI since I already wasted six months learning how to use the terminal during 2019. It lost its ‘magic’ after I wanted to just use my conputer
NoFun4You@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Lol, or we just use the computer and don’t cry about stupid bullshit
laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 2 months ago
“You need these updates!!! But they’re only available with Ubuntu Pro.”
So…
bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ubuntu is in the Microsoft Store. Maybe there will be an ad for that.
vardogor@mander.xyz 2 months ago
yeah you get ads in the terminal instead
PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Wait, what? Ubuntu spams you in the terminal?
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 months ago
It’s not an ad. Nobody is being paid to put that there. It’s a promotion.
vardogor@mander.xyz 2 months ago
they’re advertising their paid product, don’t really see a difference. even semantically
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 months ago
It is very different.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Microsoft: “Ours is not an ads either, it’s a recommendation for a store app. We’re not advertising products you cannot install on your PC.”
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 months ago
It’s an ad because its shown as a condition of payment/something economical.