Strong agree. I use a derivative that blocks snaps instead of direct Kubuntu now, and it wasn’t Just because of the snaps.

I use a derivative

Without Ubuntu Pro subscription the entire Universe repository does not receive any security updates by Canonical:

canonical.com/…/ubuntu-pro-enhanced-security-and-…

You should consider switching to an entirely independent distribution that does not lock security updates behind a paywall, perhaps something based directly on Debian or Fedora.

Ubuntu Pro is free for personal use on up to five machines.

Also note that Universe is the community-maintained repository, sort of like the AUR but the community also reviews package creations. The Main repository is maintained by the Ubuntu Project and has always had free security updates.

Ubuntu Pro is free for personal use on up to five machines.

If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.

Debian is free for any use for an unlimited number of machines without corporate tracking which packages you install.

If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.

Debian is free for any use for an unlimited number of machines without corporate tracking which packages you install.

So I guess with Debian, you are the product.

Debian is a community, not a product.

Interesting. I can use a community for my OS? So every time I hear someone say “install debian”, they’re telling me to install a community?

Either way, it’s free, so I’m still the product.

Either way, it’s free, so I’m still the product.

it’s free, because people have decided to come together and volunteer to create something that is beneficial to them, allows them to express themselves, and distribute it for free to better other people’s lives and contribute to human existence. Part of their motivation to create such a thing is to not have the users be the product.

When there is a soup kitchen for homeless people, the homeless people are not a product.

alex is comparing Ubuntu Pro to the soup kitchen