Comment 6 for bug 2047778

This caused some users I support (like my dad) to panic & call me.

When I explained he would have to make an account & subscribe to a service (even for free) he’d really prefer not to do that (too many bad experiences with & stories from other companies forcing people into "free subscriptions", and originally one of the reasons for switching to Ubuntu/linux!).

It’s also not very useful as the only software he uses that is not in ‘main’ is Firefox¹ (anything from ‘universe’ on his laptop was installed by me for my use).

I fear that long-term this is going to turn away more users than gain them…

¹ the fact that I had to remove snapd & install an "unsupported" (but working!) Firefox from the PPA because the "supported" (snapped) Firefox stopped working with the Belgian eID (or other eIDs & smartcards, a bug that after years is *still* not fixed!) also didn’t help to convince my dad he needs Canonical "support"…