Mobile connectivity takeover + landing page misuse “in favour of”

[matthewpaulthomas]

1. Go to ubuntu.com. 2. If necessary, reload the page until you see “The future of mobile connectivity”. 3. Follow the link to the whitepaper page.

What happens: 2, 3. Both pages have a subhed: “Are mobile operators ready to adopt open source in favour of proprietary technology?”

What’s wrong with this: It says the opposite of what’s intended.

The whitepaper page says: “Rather than rely on costly proprietary hardware and operating models, the use of open source technologies offers the ability to commoditise and democratise the wireless network infrastructure.” So, more open-source stuff, less proprietary stuff.

But “in favour of” means “approving”, “to the benefit of”, or “to show preference for”. (References: Collins, Merriam-Webster.) So “in favour of proprietary technology” would mean adopting more proprietary technology.

What should happen: A simple fix would be to change “in favour of” to “rather than” or “instead of”.

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Reported from: https://ubuntu.com/

[anasereijo]

thanks, @matthewpaulthomas for spotting this. @WendyS1000 can you please have a look into this? Thanks

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[matthewpaulthomas]

This mistake has now been copied by the Ubuntu Twitter account. So it should be fixed there too, especially if that tweet is scheduled for repetition like most others from that account.