Can someone explain to me why the fuck I should pay for installing packages that are available in other distros?
WTF Ubuntu???
It’s free for personal use. It used to be a paid-only service to let you get 10 years of security updates (LTS support is usually only 5)
Right, it’s premium support for corporations that want to stick with a release past its normal expiration date.
The labor required to perform that maintenance costs money, and honestly it’s shit work that you’d have to pay me a lot to convince me to do.
These packages are not available in other distros and you can get them for free for up to 5 machines. Previously you weren’t able to get them at all without paying for corp support.
I don’t use ubuntu, so this is news to me. Please clarify by answering this question: The fuck?
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Ubuntu Pro is free now for personal use
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You’re paying for extra support. This is nothing new. This is how FOSS makes money outside of begging for donations.
So basically they’re following the redhat model? OP made it seem like something very different…
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