Comment by charcircuit
8 months ago
While an option in the design space, and favorable for countries who may have sanctions placed on them, it may not actually be ideal since that means malware authors have free reign.
8 months ago
While an option in the design space, and favorable for countries who may have sanctions placed on them, it may not actually be ideal since that means malware authors have free reign.
Yes, users will install malware sometimes. I'm OK with that as long as the rest of us don't have to suffer everything being locked down for their sake.
"The rest of us" is a small group of people. Willing to sacrifice the needs of majority for your own benefit is a biased take.
People need to learn how to use computers without installing malware. In almost every other field, it's normal and expected that people learn how to operate the tools properly; if they don't, then it is their fault. For some reason, technology has ended up different, and we dumb things down endlessly. I am tired of it.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45081344
Apple already openly ships gambling apps. As far as I'm concerned the malware won
Ultimately, humans love gambling and it's one of the best ways to make money. It will require creating rules via the government to eliminate such apps.
ideal for who?