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> and almost certainly couldn't do so with Windows What makes you think that? Even just editing the HOSTS file will get you there.

• zoky 3y ago
  Even assuming that blocking DNS were sufficient to stop spyware (it's not), how exactly am I going to block DNS for every single application that may or may not phone home without my knowledge, including applications that are hardcoded with DNS server information that doesn't respect the system settings? And yes, I have seen (and blocked) applications that have made requests to 8.8.8.8 when I didn't have my system DNS server set to that. I would have had no idea if not for Little Snitch alerting me.
  • qayxc 3y ago
    If you're insisting on 3rd party software, there's plenty of that for Windows, too. And yes, it do be working just the same.
    • zoky 3y ago
      It's really weird that Hacker News has become so full of Windows apologists in the last few years. It wasn't all that long ago that Slashdot was depicting Bill Gates as the Borg. Where did we go wrong?
      • qayxc 3y ago
        So no factual arguments? Just name-calling? I honestly don't care about OSes as long as they do what I need from them without having to tinker for days. Some users prefer golden cages, some prefer freedom, others simply don't care. If that's a problem for you, then that's clearly a you-problem, not an issue with the community.
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