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Ubuntu phones home a lot and the privacy policy has a lot to be desired.

that said, aside from proprietary drivers, people can usually examine what's going on and disable or rewrite the offensive parts.

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Right but I can simply choose another Linux and /not lose any functionality from my system/. Unfortunately if I choose anything other than iOS or Android on a consumer computing slab it's effectively a paperweight.

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