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Except for the vast majority of people are not IT experts. The store model is probably vastly safer for the average user.

• garganzol 10y ago
  An average user is a myth. Every kind of average user has its own traits and they differ widely. That's why there is such thing as system settings. And yes, most desktop users are conscious when they work with files. Windows by default suggests "My Documents" folder as a target destination which is a pretty sane safe choice for all traits of average Joes.
  • UK-AL 10y ago
    That not the issue though. Programs that plaster your registry full of crap or replace or change os files etc
    • swiley 10y ago
      Don't run stuff as root then.
    • flukus 10y ago
      That can be solved by not requiring admin privileges to install software and getting rid of the registry, which was an awful idea to begin with.
• swiley 10y ago
  Honestly I think not having a global filesystem makes things harder for the "average user." Most college students aren't going to only keep their word documents in word for example, they need to email them and upload them to tools like blackboard.
  • kodfodrasz 10y ago
    this is why shared storages are also needed, where apps can have a common view of some set of data.
    • swiley 10y ago
      In other words: a global filesystem.
    • flukus 10y ago
      But then all the data people care about will go there. How is that different from /home/user/ ?
    • benaadams 10y ago
      You go via the Save/Load dialogs which give access to a file; apps just aren't given non-permission/user-interaction file enumeration by default except for certain directories https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/uwp/files/file-access-permissions https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/uwp/files/file-acce...
      • flukus 10y ago
        Sounds like it's not possible to create a custom file manager, or space visualizer or anything like that?
        • benaadams 10y ago
          "System Level Access to All User Data" permission? Though you can't submit to store with request for that permission: https://msdn.microsoft.com/windows/uwp/packaging/app-capability-declarations https://msdn.microsoft.com/windows/uwp/packaging/app-capabil...
          • flukus 10y ago
            All user data != All file system.