Comment by realusername
1 month ago
Double taping to pay is actually making things worse for tech illiterate users. There's a lot of scam games on the appstore and it's way to easy to fall into it if they aren't too careful.
And then no, it's not clear for me (even as a developer!) how data transfer between apps work, how the advertising id works and how much data Apple and Google really have that they shouldn't. If it's not clear to me as a software engineer, it certainly isn't for your average user.
The browser is just a much easier mental model, especially that I can install an ad blocker on it to make them safer, which I can't on mobile apps.
> Phone apps also can't take control of my entire device, or steal my cookies or cryptolocker my hard drive.
It never happened once with my parents in 15 years of running Ubuntu. Even if that stuff somehow existed, I don't think they would have the tech knowledge to mark the downloaded virus as executable anyways.
> The browser is just a much easier mental model, especially that I can install an ad blocker on it to make them safer, which I can't on mobile apps.
I'd like that security model to be the default for desktop apps on my computer as well. Its weird that davinci resolve and spotify and all the rest have full access to look through all my files.
> It never happened once with my parents in 15 years of running Ubuntu.
Probably just because so few regular people use ubuntu, scammers & malware authors don't bother targeting it. Still good for your parents though!
> I'd like that security model to be the default for desktop apps on my computer as well. Its weird that davinci resolve and spotify and all the rest have full access to look through all my files.
That's how it works on Ubuntu, proprietary apps are usually distributed through snaps which are sandboxed. And unlike on mobile, the OS doesn't have an advertising ID or built-in ad networks.
Normal apps don't need that though because there's a chain of trust which doesn't exist on mobile.
> Probably just because so few regular people use ubuntu, scammers & malware authors don't bother targeting it. Still good for your parents though!
No, it's because the bar on publishing on Ubuntu is much much higher than on an iPhone. Nobody would ever accept those scam casino games on Ubuntu.
>which are sandboxed
Not always. The app can claim to need filesystem access and it will get it without the user knowing.
> No, it's because the bar on publishing on Ubuntu is much much higher than on an iPhone. Nobody would ever accept those scam casino games on Ubuntu.
Uhhh are you claiming ubuntu has a stricter app review process than apple has with the iphone app store?
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