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The malware boogeyman is really paying off tangibly for Google. They've got actual fans of their profit-motivated paternalism.
by add-sub-mul-div 1y ago
The malware boogeyman is really paying off tangibly for Google. They've got actual fans of their profit-motivated paternalism.
- surajrmal 1y agoAnyone who has lived through the windows PC era knows it's a legitimate problem. Google has tons of data to show malware exists for Android as well. Being able to prevent that malware from affecting the lives of Android users is a moral imperative for Google. I understand why folks are skeptical, but it's worth trying to dig into the fact rather than just react blindly.
- orangecat 1y agoTo the extent that this is true, the lesson is very much not that Microsoft should have had total control over what users were allowed to run.