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They also show ads in the MotD on Ubuntu server.
So what's the misinformation again?
The interpretation of this line. Calling this "ads in the package manager" is intellectually dishonest in my opinion.
How is that anything other than an ad in the package manager?
If you want to be nitpicky about it, you could consider it to not be an "ad" because its not a company paying to put that text there. It's Ubuntu promoting their own product. But I don't think it makes much of a difference in this case, since it's a big annoyance either way.
Yup, that's pretty nitpicky alright. Requires ignoring the basic definition of "advertisement".
I'm certain Canonical paid someone to put that message there
Calls facts "misinformation", refuses to elaborate.
Talk about intellectually dishonest.