Comment 182 for bug 1054776

So let me get this straight...

100% of the time when I type into the dash, my system is searching for online resources relevant to what I typed. That said, 99% of the time I type into the dash, I am doing so to retrieve a local file or application. So roughly translated, 99% of the time Unity is bringing me irrelevant search results that ultimately slow down my computer in an obviously noticeable fashion when typing in search terms.

Who on earth thought this was a good decision? I can see the value in an online resource like this, but being opt-out is ridiculous. It being in the home lens is even more ridiculous. Why would you split up lenses for music, videos, files, applications, but NOT online resources? I just can't fathom this.

Given the fact I often have to order parts for different things at work through Amazon, I would love to support Canonical by going through the lens facet, but not at the expense of my privacy. I repeat, not at the expense of my privacy.

Canonical, you have done so much good for the Linux community. You deserve to be commended 100x over again for your work. You've taken some insane chances along the way. Unity has evolved into a beautiful, clean, and professional desktop environment. It was met with criticism but it has blossomed into something that's really quite nice. Mir has yet to be seen so I can't really comment there quite yet. Then you have this shopping lens being an opt-out feature. I honestly don't understand how someone sat at the meeting table and thought "this is a good idea." This is distribution suicide. You're losing a magnitude of users over this stupid nonsense little thing. Is this really worth all of the negative publicity Ubuntu/Canonical is *still* receiving (and forever will) over this? I mean, really? Is it?