Public bug reported:
Background: I am a scholar in the History of Science and I am working on
some papers on Charles Darwin (a rather well-known natural scientist). I
have several files named something with ”Darwin”.
When I search for ”Darwin” in the Dash (super+Darwin) I find my files.
The Dash also suggests that I want to listen to or buy some obscure (for
me) pop music by the artists Darwin Deetz and Darwin Hobbs.
Despite the superficial similarities between the names, the ads have
nothing whatsoever to do with what I am looking for. I find the
suggested connection between my research on Darwin (Charles) and the pop
music:
1. Totally misplaced
2. Degrading for me
3. Embarrassing for Ubuntu
I have no interest in some pop music just because the artists are called
”Darwin”. I am not going to listen to it or buy it. I don't want to see
the suggestion that I might be interested in it every time I open a
file.
I therefore suggest that advertisements in the Dash should:
1. Be removed (Preferably)
2. Make the ads an opt-in option (There are people who actually work on their
computers and are disturbed by advertisements)
3. Mirror the interests of the user and offer products that I am interested in
or that could be useful in my work
I am testing Ubuntu 13.04 beta.
** Affects: unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Ads in Dash degrading
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