> Such a laissez-faire approach to software privileges obviously wouldn’t fly today. Funnily enough it kinda would work, again, today as most people now only e

> Such a laissez-faire approach to software privileges obviously wouldn’t fly today. Funnily enough it kinda would work, again, today as most people now only ever need one app: a browser. I still need to install apps, but most people don't. So as far as the browser itself is the sandbox, the OS is fine: it runs nothing but the browser. It's the reason I could switch my mother-in-law's laptop to a Chromebook: she's fine as long as she's got a browser.