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The traditional model of application installation gives the application total control over your user account, including your browser. Installing an RSS reader
by syrrim 6y ago
The traditional model of application installation gives the application total control over your user account, including your browser.
Installing an RSS reader as a separate program would in fact be more dangerous than one as an extension.
- bajsejohannes 6y agoI was thinking of the alternative being a website like google reader. Yes, you give up control of the data about your reading habits, but you know the scope of what you give up. For what it's worth, I agree that the traditional model gives up all control. I'm not a fan of that either, and I go to some lengths to isolate processes from each other. I certainly wish we had saner desktop OSes.