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    Need to switch to Hanna Montana Linux now (lemmy.ml)
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    [–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Why? Because it's working, at least for now.

    Canonical has pulled similar shit for years now. Remember the Amazon search integration? They do it again and again, yet most users stay.

    And I know, someone will comment "but I totally ditched Ubuntu and my one friend did too!!!!", but how is Ubuntu still the most popular distribution? Finding snaps is easier than finding flatpacks or debs or rpms. Finding support is easier, etc. This might be just momentum, but until that is running out, it's working.

    [–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

    He said Ubuntu 16, I believe the Amazon search fiasco was in 2012. He simply hasn't been using Linux long enough to know that Ubuntu used to be good. His baseline user experience is probably gnome 3.

    So he's comparing extra-shitty Ubuntu to shitty Ubuntu and saying it didn't used to be shitty.