Ubuntu Will No Longer Track Which Packages Users Install (OMG! Ubuntu!)

The OMG! Ubuntu! site reportsthat the Debian "popularity contest" application is being removed fromUbuntu. "But with Snaps, Flatpaks, PPAs and other avenues givingdevelopers more direct ways to market to users (not to mention moreaccurate numbers on how many people use their software) the relative meritsof 'what's popular in the repos' is ...Well, a touch moot."