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> unreliability, viruses, malware Problems from the early 2000s that don't exist in the same capacity anymore. In fact, I would say getting scammed by an app f
by friedman23 5y ago
> unreliability, viruses, malware
Problems from the early 2000s that don't exist in the same capacity anymore. In fact, I would say getting scammed by an app from the apple app store is more likely than downloading a virus in 2022.
> constant updates
That's a mobile problem.
- x0x0 5y ago> Problems from the early 2000s that don't exist in the same capacity anymore. Nonsense. I've cleaned malware off of employee laptops within the last 2 years. And off family members' computers within the last 3 months.
- keleftheriou 5y agoSideloading doesn’t imply that app isolation (sandboxing) is also going away, nor does it imply that any app would ever be able to trick the user into running it with escalated privileges (sudo/root) as is the case on most laptops. So this malware that you had to clean off of those laptops would still not be possible, even for sideloaded apps.
- threeseed 5y ago> I would say getting scammed by an app from the apple app store is more likely than downloading a virus in 2022 And you would be wrong.
- philistine 5y agoSince you only provide opinion, and not facts, I'll say you're wrong until you can prove otherwise. Everyone knows the App Store is full of scams and no one does anything about it. With viruses, at least the OS vendors are getting rid of them.
- vorpalhex 5y agoYeah it's not like there were 20 wordle clones on the front page of the App store, one with a $400 IAP.
- tomjen3 5y ago>Problems from the early 2000s that don't exist in the same capacity anymore. In fact, I would say getting scammed by an app from the apple app store is more likely than downloading a virus in 2022. This Christmas I had to uninstall adware from my Grandmothers phone that was filling the notification bar with ads. Last time I visited my other grandparents I had to warn my grandmother not to click on an offer to install device drivers, that had somehow shown up as an add in a Microsoft Game.