Comment by ronsor
8 months ago
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.
>In almost every other field
Phones are not designed to be a specialized tool of a field. They are gadgets designed for a general audience of billions of people.
>For some reason, technology has ended up different
Because with computers there is a lot of freedom in how things can be made to work without adding extra cost to the product. They can be designed to be user friendly.
Cars, knifes, power tools, and a million other things are also designed for a general audience of billions of people. And if you do not learn or use these responsibly you'll end up with a lot worse outcomes than getting some malware on your phone.
Take for example power tools. If a sawstop could be implemented to a power tool for free then all of them would offer the feature. Cars also have had a ton of safety features that have become required in order for them to be sold. Dangerous knifes also have been banned from being sold. It turns out that for other tools society didn't just accept that they were unsafe. They improved safety or legislated safety.
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