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    I like both, but usually prefer Ubuntu (slrpnk.net)
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    [–] rockstarmode@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I see a lot of references to Ubuntu being filled with ads or scaring people into buying their services, but I've been daily driving it for over 15 years on personal desktops and servers and never noticed that. What have I missed?

    I never saw the Amazon ad stuff, I hear it was a referral link?

    Last I checked Ubuntu Pro is free for personal use on up to 5 machines.

    I use apt to manage all my packages and upgrades, including dist-upgrade, maybe that's why I've never noticed snap? Why does snap suck?

    [–] erev@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Snaps are a closed-source proprietary packaging format that Canonical controls. And they have also altered apt on Ubuntu to download snaps first before native packages. You may be using snaps right now without realizing it, which is also part of the issue.

    [–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Snaps themselves are a GPLd format

    [–] airglow@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

    The Snap Store server is completely proprietary and fully controlled by Canonical.

    [–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

    Last I checked Ubuntu Pro is free for personal use on up to 5 machines.

    It's not free. It's traded for your personal information.