He's basically saying that they're integrating Amazon because (besides the obvious reason that that's how they make money) it's the most useful service for the user besides searching their local files&apps. Really? We're that deep in the consumerism mindset that any search I do you're immediately trying to sell me something?
I'm resisting as hard as I can. Besides food, energy, and transportation, I could count all the purchases this year and I would probably barely reach 20.
>"We're that deep in the consumerism mindset that any search I do you're immediately trying to sell me something?"
I use Amazon for reviews on basically every consumer product out there, but especially for movies and books. And between "Lists", "So You'd Like To's" and the ability to browse the reviews of users with common tastes, it's a great recommendation and discovery tool. If anyone uses one better, I'd love to see it!
So while I'm not sure about integration in an OS, Amazon is a very useful site for garnering information on all kinds of things. Especially so since they can't, as a non-American, sell me half the products I look up.
It's very clear to me that Ubuntu is targeting mainstream users. The type of users who don't consider where their "search data" is going. They just see that instead of going to Google, they can click the Ubuntu dash and search from there for anything - files, music, products, or just vanilla web searches.
What Ubuntu is doing here will certainly piss off hackers, but mainstream users? It's probably not going to bother them much. They might even find it convenient.
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He's basically saying that they're integrating Amazon because (besides the obvious reason that that's how they make money) it's the most useful service for the user besides searching their local files&apps. Really? We're that deep in the consumerism mindset that any search I do you're immediately trying to sell me something?
I'm resisting as hard as I can. Besides food, energy, and transportation, I could count all the purchases this year and I would probably barely reach 20.
>"We're that deep in the consumerism mindset that any search I do you're immediately trying to sell me something?"
I use Amazon for reviews on basically every consumer product out there, but especially for movies and books. And between "Lists", "So You'd Like To's" and the ability to browse the reviews of users with common tastes, it's a great recommendation and discovery tool. If anyone uses one better, I'd love to see it!
So while I'm not sure about integration in an OS, Amazon is a very useful site for garnering information on all kinds of things. Especially so since they can't, as a non-American, sell me half the products I look up.
Totally agree. Plus, I'm not sure users are asking for it that much.
It's been years since I have magnatune tab in amarok, I never used it. Paid services, gtfo my applications. I know where you are if I need you.
But surely you accept that you're the minority?
It's very clear to me that Ubuntu is targeting mainstream users. The type of users who don't consider where their "search data" is going. They just see that instead of going to Google, they can click the Ubuntu dash and search from there for anything - files, music, products, or just vanilla web searches.
What Ubuntu is doing here will certainly piss off hackers, but mainstream users? It's probably not going to bother them much. They might even find it convenient.