also this insane hiring process

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      Sorry, I clicked on accept once when I was 12 and now they allowed themselves to steal everyone’s. :/

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      Feel like more context would be required tbh. Like if you are contacting support by email you are giving them your email address and they kinda need it to reply to you.

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        Ubuntu Pro requires users (both individuals and enterprises) to register with Canonical to receive security updates.

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              Makes sense. You’re asking them to make things more secure, which requires logs to know what’s going on. Additionally you’re paying for a security service instead of upgrading to another version to get free updates.

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                The logs part doesn’t make sense to me, tbh, but not having to upgrade does.

                I had an old laptop on lubuntu 16.04 LTS for a long time with extended security updates, because the next LTS had higher system requirements. Sure i could have found another lxde/lxqt distro, but it worked great on lubuntu, and for the low price of $0 i could avoid needing to do that.

                I guess their business model is to let people try it free on their personal machines, and then get the Munichs of the world to pay for this kind of extended security support.

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        Even using a website requires basic info like what browser and IP address. The device information to work out the layout of the site for mobile tablet or desktop. And for downloading the ISO they would need to load balance and locally serve or the budget will just be used for servicing there ISP bill.