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> So we are required to install an app locally for everything and give access to our entire system? And why not? https://xkcd.com/1200/ https://xkcd.com/1200/
by js8 11y ago
> So we are required to install an app locally for everything and give access to our entire system?
And why not? https://xkcd.com/1200/ https://xkcd.com/1200/
The truth is, for systems with just one typical user, it doesn't matter that much whether applications have root access or not.
Look at Android or iOS applications - they install locally yet can access the internet without much hassle. There is no excuse this cannot be done on the desktop, too. The only real obstacle to that is insistence of various companies to own the platform.
- tosseraccount 11y agoGood point. Microsoft, Google and Apple have little incentive to support a truly portable programming methodology.
- petra 11y ago>> is insistence of various companies to own the platform. Well , not everything in tech is 100% determined by powerful companies. For example python don't owe it's success to powerful friends. It was mostly bottoms-up. So maybe there's a strategy that could succseed in creating a better app platform , just using developer support ?
- adrusi 11y agoWeb applications get a lot less access than desktop applications do. Desktop apps get user privleges, so they can read all your files. Web apps are fully sandboxed. They can, now, access your files, but only after you click a scary banner that people are not used to seeing.