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Ubuntu Ad Block

Out of the box, Canonical Ubuntu spams users with intrusive advertisesments for Pro services, such as when running sudo apt upgrade.

Fix

sudo dpkg-divert --divert /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20apt-esm-hook.conf.bak --rename --local /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20apt-esm-hook.conf

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