Ubuntu displays advertising in /etc/motd

Re:Ubuntu displays advertising in /etc/motd by matt4077 on Thursday June 29, 2017 @07:28AM (#14662317)

Good for them. Ubuntu does lots of good work that benefit the whole community, and if this allows them to stay in business, and pay people well to write open-source software, I'm not complaining.

Considering the example shown (which I also get logging in) is about HBO's use of Tensorflow, this also happens to be the best-targeted ad I've seen in a while. At that level, advertising actually does become something that's valuable/interesting for the recipient.

And if not, it takes about 10 seconds to disable.

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Re:Ubuntu displays advertising in /etc/motd by ckastner on Thursday June 29, 2017 @08:29AM (#14662668)

I don't think that the advertisement itself is the issue, but rather the medium chosen for it.

Speaking for myself, I expect /etc/motd to contain information deemed relevant to me by the responsible sysadmin. I feel like this is the hi-jacking of a well-established communications channel, for ads no less.

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Re:Ubuntu displays advertising in /etc/motd by revmoo on Thursday June 29, 2017 @07:39AM (#14662372)

It has to make unauthorized connections to pull down ads. No, this is not acceptable.

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