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[David Callé <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 18/07/2015 06:28, Nathan Haines wrote:
> On 07/17/2015 09:15 PM, Marcin GTriderXC.tk wrote:
>> Cool. So ebay and amazon scope has to be preinstalled to obtain
>> priviledges.

No privileges here (needed nor wanted), as they are actually not
installed at all.

These are remote scopes [1], called from an Ubuntu web service [2]. The
fact that you can't remove the ones you don't want to see is simply
because there is nothing to remove from your phone.

The dash could probably have a way to hide remote scopes you don't want
to see from the installed scopes list, and I'm confident that if someone
would propose code for this [3][4], it would be considered.

[1] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-rest-scopes
[2] https://dash.ubuntu.com/smartscopes/v2/remote-scopes
[3] https://code.launchpad.net/unity-scopes-shell
[4] https://code.launchpad.net/unity-scopes-api


Cheers,
David
 
>> I bet for the same reason as in Ubuntu desktop where we
>> badly need the amazon plugin to slow our system down.
>> I can understand the photo scope but as some Internet reviews also
>> confirm, ebay and amazon scope are pretty useless and I bet hardly
>> anyone would install them.
>
> It's fine to dislike a scope, but on the desktop, the scopes are
> loaded on-demand and don't affect memory or performance unless being
> utilized.
>
> Since the Amazon scope isn't a default scope, it doesn't actually run
> unless you manually activate it.
>
> In such a scenario, I don't wish to deny other features I find
> useless.  I simply use what benefits me and ignore what doesn't affect
> me.
>