Oh snap?
Guess what you saw‽
Daave, the dope fiend shooting dope, who don’t know the meaning of water nor soap.
This probably has nothing to do with their intent to add ai to Ubuntu. …probably.
I actually don’t see any issues with AI in Ubuntu as long as it’s not like Microsoft’s “here’s Copilot absolutely everywhere, even in Notepad”. I mean, there’s also no way they can shove it up users throats like that too, even their so beloved snap can be removed from the system quite easily.
But implementing that would still certainly require some constructive discussion with userbase, and it’s already off to a rough start. 🌚
Where there a will to enshittify, there’s a way.
They could weave dependencies in such a manner as to prevent other critical stuff from running without it, or straight up build it into something that would prevent the system from running properly if you remove it.
Of course, they’d lose the vast majority of their userbase, but short term profit line must go up according to the idiots with MBAs.
Edit: fixed a typo
Or they can do it more slowly, more insidiously, so that people on the internet will say, “oh it’s just one snap, just remove it, no big deal.” Turn the heat up slowly, always be not quite as bad as Microsoft.
Locally run AI is pretty fucking cool for accessibility.
It’s when it starts phoning home that I’ve got a problem.“I’ve sorted the thousands of files in your Downloads folder and Desktop into several nested archive folders with clear labeling while leaving your frequently used files accessible on the Desktop. I’ve also put several hundred files into your Review folder which I believe to be of no future use (with my justification as to why it is of no further use). You can choose to keep (and I will sort it into the appropriate archive or trash it, would you like to start the review process now?”
since its a terrotist atrack from iran… no
Source?
https://www.pcmag.com/news/pro-iran-hackers-hit-ubuntus-canonical-with-ddos-float-extortion-demand
https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/canonical_confirms_ubuntu_infrastructure_under/
its their continued attack on american companies
I kinda assume the hacker group link is fake. Ubuntu is British, but Microsoft contracts with the US DoD. It doesn’t make sense, unless it’s just easy money. I don’t quite buy it.
i should have said the west. iran has called out the uk.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/iran-issues-chilling-threat-uk-36903494
they already bombed amazon for no financial gain.
https://apnews.com/article/amazon-aws-data-center-uae-iran-bahrain-71066b0a822c4cfd88b61e3fe79af917
why did you think it was fake?
That was over a month ago. A lot has changed in that time. Ubuntu is not associated with the UK military or even government.
Amazon does support the US government and other governments through the provision of their web services.
For all its problems I don’t believe Iran is an irrational actor.
IMO this has more to do with Copy Fail: many (including myself) are checking regularly to know if Cannonical has released a fix.
An AI Snap bot is attempting a hostile takeover of the company.
It’s supposed to be resolved but ubuntu.com is still unreachable.
FAFO
Huh. Couldn’t even tell. Anyway…
Well it explains why I cant get any updates from them
yeah I had issues with updates this morning. is it back on?
Its been on the whole time, just a ddos making it hard to get to them.
yeah I plan to try again this coming weekend.
