Ubuntu
ubuntu-advantage-tools package

  1. Bug #1950692
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 1950692

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 1950692] Re: Ubuntu advantage tools should be removable without breakage of the core system functionality

On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 11:24:45PM -0000, mkoniecz wrote:
> Please, reconsider this.

> This package now spams ads during basic system operations, such as
> sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

> see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-advantage-
> tools/+bug/1992026

> (though I understand that it is unlikely to be possible as additional ad
> spam was likely done on orders of Canonical that in the end controls
> Ubuntu)

This is a default, but is configurable. The interface for disabling this
is:

  sudo pro config set apt_news=false