Scott Allen via talk wrote on 2024-11-12 15:47:
It seems unethical to withhold security updates. This is one reason why I don't like Ubuntu / Canonical.
I agree, However, ESM is included with a Pro account and a Pro account is free for personal use on up to 5 machines. Also, the ESM apps are all part of the "Universe" repo as I understand it (could be wrong).
i.e. Those are not traditionally curated by Canonical. They've now taken on some curation tasks and while we're all awaiting the changes to go upstream then back downstream again, we can gain access them early via that Ubuntu Pro thing. So, it seems a *new* feature to get access to curated Universe repo, and their incentive is get some free signups and / or some corporate payments.