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Re: [LUG] Ubuntu considered harmful

 

On 07/12/12 12:04, malcolm wrote:
> ITV/Sky Ads are not opt in.  Perhaps we should only watch BBC TV.  But

> People want stuff for free, companies finance them by offering Ads. 
> Users opt-in by using the product. 

I think you miss the point.

It is the spying not the ads. If ITV came had a look around your living
room, and then gave you adverts for new curtains, maybe a dating agency
because they think you could do better, you'd probably think that rather
intrusive. But even if you don't others do.

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