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Ubuntu, non-advertisements, and spyware

Ubuntu, non-advertisements, and spyware

Posted Dec 21, 2012 22:30 UTC (Fri) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054)
In reply to: Ubuntu, non-advertisements, and spyware by dirtyepic
Parent article: Ubuntu, non-advertisements, and spyware

Letting businesses know what things I like means they're more likely to continue making them.
A minor quibble: they know what you like because you bought it. They don't need to know it's you that bought it, though, to get the signal to keep making them.


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