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It requires a nuanced discussion and willingness to compromise to find the right balance. I don't like it myself when, every macOS release, Apple nerfs the syst
by ryandrake 3mo ago
It requires a nuanced discussion and willingness to compromise to find the right balance. I don't like it myself when, every macOS release, Apple nerfs the system even more and locks down even more, but I also don't like telling my relatives that their system is part of a botnet and that they need to change all their password and call their bank, simply because they saw a popup that told them to download and run TrojanHappyFunGame.
- inigyou 3mo agoIt used to be common knowledge that downloading stuff could be dangerous. That went away when vendors tried to make it safe.
- ryandrake 3mo agoMany software vendors have deliberately blurred the lines between "on your computer" and "on the internet". When you save something in Application A, is it really being saved on your computer, or is it in the cloud? It used to be obvious, but now you kind of don't know until you do some digging in your filesystem. And, now we actually run some apps from the web! The phrase "the user doesn't have to know if this is on his computer or the cloud" has done a lot of harm to the software ecosystem.
- inigyou 3mo agoI don't think that's the real problem. The point was that opening something you don't know what it does == bad, not that internet == bad