[donmcronald]

> This comes across as bad but it is actually not that bad.

It's actually pretty bad. If you're running Ubuntu anywhere there's a bit of bureaucracy, like a government or large business, you get backed into a corner.

You can never use any of the packages from 'universe' unless you're buying Ubuntu Pro because if you ever get hit with an exploit where there was a patch available, regardless of the circumstances, you'll get crucified.

The insurance company, admin staff, ambitious peers, security analysts, etc. will bury you for not patching a known vulnerability. This is the end of Ubuntu's 'universe' repo for businesses that can't afford $500/year/server. It's just that no one has realized it yet.

[vore]

Well, yeah. This has always been the case, but now you can pay to not have this be the case. They're not taking anything away. If you had these concerns about the universe repo before Ubuntu Pro, you should not have been using it in the first place.

[prmoustache]

Nothing changed really. Microsoft or Apple don't provide updates for third party software and people install stuff on it.

[rubyist5eva]

> If you're running Ubuntu anywhere there's a bit of bureaucracy, like a government or large business

> businesses that can’t afford $500/year/server

Pick one