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Twenty years ago they ran .exes just as freely.
by geofft 6y ago
Twenty years ago they ran .exes just as freely.
- koluna 6y agoAnd? Why should we still be adapting the security and privacy model we had 20 years ago? To your analogy, 20 years ago this bit us all in the ass just as much because every EXE brought with it all sorts of toolbars and adware. I don’t want the web to become this.
- hkt 6y agoYes, and we established that was an awful idea..
- maccard 6y ago20 years ago laptop weight was measured in pounds, clock speeds we're in MHz, storage was in single GB ranges, and battery life was a quarter of what it is today. Dial up was common, there was no youtube or spotify. Let's not hold ourselves to the standards of 3 generations ago of technology