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Someone may need to explain to me what is wrong with this sorry. Is it because it bloats the app with functionality that some users will never use? I feel like
by alex-moon 2mo ago
Someone may need to explain to me what is wrong with this sorry. Is it because it bloats the app with functionality that some users will never use? I feel like that is fairly usual for productivity/business apps generally.
- simonw 2mo agoI don't see anything wrong with it, I just think it's interesting.
- winstonp 2mo agoI think it's overbloating my computer
- nialse 2mo agoIt does, however, introduce a potentially enormous attack surface into ChatGPT, along with creative opportunities for less security conscious individuals and LLMs.
- alex-moon 2mo agoOh right, yeah I agree. It's the kind of thing I can imagine the harness downloading in the background anyway (or instructing the user to do) at some point so I can see the sense in just skipping that bit. Kind of comforting they just do it the same way the rest of us do - if it ain't broke and so on.
- 2sk21 2mo agoYou aren't worried about the provenance of the installed apps?
- simonw 2mo agoHow do you mean? I trust OpenAI to have installed apps that at least work well enough for their intended purposes.
- 2sk21 2mo agoYou aren't worried that these binaries may have unfixed vulnerabilities?
- simonw 2mo agoThat's the nature of installing software. I'd like to know OpenAI's approach to updating these things - their auto-updated is pretty aggressive already, but does that cover their vendored cached apps too?
- OutOfHere 2mo agoActually, people do use and require the functionality, which is the point. The title as posted might be incorrect.
- alex-moon 2mo agoYes, that's what I mean - maybe that didn't come across cos I said "bloats". I work for a business that builds web apps for corporates - LibreOffice is bundled in most of the repos of ours that I've seen, a bit like Imagick is in the broader sector.