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		laurent92 on Aug 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of A... Ubuntu also had ads in it: In 2013 they started displaying Amazon Books in their “Start menu”, which had the effect of uploading any keystroke of the main menu.

vetinari on Aug 27, 2021 [–]

After the outrcy, the also removed it and never tried it again.

The other systems did not react the same way; they still consider that doing it is fine.

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