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my problem is with using the term "spyware"

my problem is with using the term "spyware"

Posted Dec 18, 2012 0:08 UTC (Tue) by hummassa (subscriber, #307)
In reply to: my problem is with using the term "spyware" by rahulsundaram
Parent article: Ubuntu, non-advertisements, and spyware

> The primary reason Canonical seems to be doing it is because of a commercial contract with Amazon. If you can point to any other OS search interface that connects to the internet by default to get search results, you might have a point. As it stands, I think this is very much a unprecedented move and not at all in line with what users expect.

Well, actually... The new Android has a local+remote search enabled by default, and iOS also does some surprising searches. That was the main reason why I said "at the present time"...


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