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This is part of what's driving the rise of feudal app store models. Users like them too-- at least most users who aren't concerned with (or don't understand) th
by api 13y ago
This is part of what's driving the rise of feudal app store models. Users like them too-- at least most users who aren't concerned with (or don't understand) things like openness and freedom. They prune the ecosystem of shitware to at least some extent.
Personally I think OSes need to evolve toward a model where apps are more strictly containerized, something like Docker (Linux) but for everything. The user should still be able to admin their own machine, but this permission should be forbidden to apps without explicit user approval (and a big red warning).
- mabhatter 13y agoThat's the way OSX is RIGHT NOW. As a User I can run any program I want and mucky-muck my crap up. But Apps from the Mac App Store live in neat little bundles and are forbidden to do the mucking around in OS bits. So the OS is an "appliance" that I can just replace at a whim. If I go off the tracks to load apps that NEED to overwrite OS space, then I know who did it. Personally, I but App Store versions whenever possible and I have next to zero problems with my Macs an order of magnitude less than my locked down PC at work even. VERY few apps need to color outside the lines and I like the push for them to explain themselves or get blasted by the next OS update.
- gizmo686 13y agoI wonder if we will see app stores move more towards the package manager model we see in most Linux distros, where users can easily add third party repositories, remove first party repositories, and have dependencies handled automatically.