And that's the story of why I switched to Arch <3
Obligatory Ubuntu sucks message

Person one, the user, tells person two, Ubuntu, to "sudo apt upgrade" when their abruptly cutoff by person two saying "subscribe to Ubuntu Pro". Person one reacts by giving person two a disgusted look.
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago

3 years, so I guess you have caught the Linux virus around that time as well?

They have a history of showing ads and sharing user data with amazon: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-and-data-leaks

Some of the other things they tried are a bit difficult to judge, but I lost my trust and count them as lock-in attempts. These include:

Notable good parts that I have not mentioned, but maybe should out of fairness:

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