It was born as a villain from the very beginning.

Linux Mint has been so great and stable that is really hard to get people to move to something else.

I’d rather Mozilla ask for donations than to give me ads and bloatware. I’d be more than happy to donate periodically. If they don’t correct the current course, I’m not sure for how much longer they’ll keep loyal users like me. I’m sick of having to turn a bunch of things off every time, and of having to be vigilant about the new crap they keep introducing.

I think it is clear that it’s just a matter of time that a faster, more secure, free and open source operating system will win over a worse alternative.