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How much i hate this error message. "Windows protected your PC" - no, it didn't, it just assumed there would be something to protect from because it was unknown
by badsectoracula 8y ago
How much i hate this error message. "Windows protected your PC" - no, it didn't, it just assumed there would be something to protect from because it was unknown. It is pure scaremongering.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoThe average Windows user will never/should never run a program SmartScreen doesn't know about. Everyone else knows how to vet the app they're using themselves. For your senior citizen browsing the web and clicking things, this dialog saves people. More often than you'd think.
- seba_dos1 8y agoThe average Windows user just learned how to ignore this dialog and click through it. Especially gamers, downloading unsigned indies from stores like itch.io.
- TheCoreh 8y agoThe average Windows user is not a gamer though, and if they are, they probably buy games from Steam, not itch.io
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoNo, I get calls from people about Windows update wanting to restart and asking me if it's okay to let it. You don't know what an average user looks like.
- seba_dos1 8y agoThat's below average user, they generate most of the calls like that. Looking around schools is a pretty good way to see what average user might look like.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoThe environments I work in are pretty analogous with schools in terms of what the environment and userbase looks like.
- zeusk 8y agoGatekeeper isn't any better, linux lets the user "protect" themselves. I'd rather have this than have my grandma get scammed/hacked.