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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by vacri on Saturday March 18, 2017 @09:43PM (#13904673)
Yes, one distro (of dozens people use) tried running ads once, it was a PR disaster, and they stopped doing it quite a while back.
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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by mappu on Sunday March 19, 2017 @12:04AM (#13905108)
The Unity fiasco wasn't the only PR disaster Ubuntu has had over monetizing Amazon integration: around the 11.04 timeframe they semi-blackmailed Banshee over their integrated music store and added Canonical affiliate links.
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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by mattmanser on Sunday March 19, 2017 @07:26AM (#13906468)
That a bit like saying "Google, one of dozens of browser makers".

Ubuntu has 50% market share.

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Re:Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn... by vacri on Sunday March 19, 2017 @05:14PM (#13909681)
If you want to be pedantic about it, why not focus on the ads being half a decade ago and not in the past couple of LTS releases?
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