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Why would a browser(be designed to) care about this?
by TheSkyHasEyes 6mo ago
Why would a browser(be designed to) care about this?
- g947o 6mo agoYou could also ask why Android care about banning side loading to "prevent scams and spyware", and I honestly don't have an answer at all.
- reactordev 6mo agoTo protect the normies from harmful malware… not on their approved vendor list.
- exe34 6mo agoit's to protect shareholder value.
- gruez 6mo agoBecause people download viruses from the internet all the time? "Common sense antivirus" might work fine if you're technically inclined, but that's not the case for everyone.
- mrob 6mo agoThe growing prevalence of so-called "supply-chain attacks" (a bad name because it implies a commercial relationship that doesn't usually exist) shows that "common sense antivirus" isn't working so well even among the technically inclined.
- rcakebread 6mo agoBecause Google owns Youtube.
- thebeardredis 6mo agoBecause Google does no evol.