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Ok, well now I can't do most of the stuff I was doing on GNU/Linux without doing it on a machine that someone else is hosting. So that's still a step backward.
by swiley 5y ago
Ok, well now I can't do most of the stuff I was doing on GNU/Linux without doing it on a machine that someone else is hosting. So that's still a step backward.
- pjmlp 5y agohttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aide.ui&hl=en&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aide.ui&hl... Want a GNU/Linux phone? Buy Openmoko, or any other commercial failures that followed them.
- swiley 5y agoIs that an admission that it makes sense?
- pjmlp 5y agoNo and is completly irrelevant for the subject of security being discussed.
- swiley 5y agoIt's relevant because when I go to use git on android and iOS I go hunting through the play store and download some closed source wrapper around it, often with libraries that the developer pulled in that they don't fully understand the behavior of. By dramatically raising the cost of software maintenance (by decreasing interoperability and because of the heavy API churn) these systems make community maintained software rare which forces users to turn to organizations that are unwilling (and sometimes unable) to share information with their users. The resulting security situation is dire.