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Ubuntu Software Center is Mixing Proprietary and Free Software in a Dangerous Way

posted by n1 on Monday June 08 2015, @03:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the mix-and-match dept.

tonymercmobily writes:

I have been watching the evolution of the Ubuntu Software Center for quite a while now. I had doubts about its interface and its speed, but I liked the fact that it offered an easy, down-to-earth interface that allowed users to install software easily. However, I have to say that the way the Ubuntu Software Center has evolved is worrying me -- a lot. I am not against the idea of selling software. What I am against, is confusing proprietary software with non-proprietary software, The Ubuntu Software Center seems to be doing just that.

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday June 08 2015, @03:59AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Monday June 08 2015, @03:59AM (#193499) Journal

    What's the problem? all non-free software could be flagged as such and then there can be an option to enable that bait software?

    I can understand the tactic of not enabling a convenient path to install bait software to avoid such software corporations from getting a foothold in the ecosystem.

    [Poettering kept outside] ;^)

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