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All poodles are dogs, not all dogs are poodles.

Using 'dogs' and 'poodles' interchangeably subconsciously implies that all/most dogs are poodles.

I think the big difference here is the relative mindshare of Windows in the Windows ecosystem (100%) vs the share of Ubuntu in the Linux ecosystem (popular and dominiant, but not 100%).

A very small portion of the Linux community made the decision to put the launcher ads in, a large chunk of the community made a very loud fuss, and the feature was removed.



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