Comment by lokar

1 month ago

This is not a theoretical issue. It’s a major problem is several countries, the governments are getting involved.

Yes, but governments are getting involved because governments always like increasing control and reducing freedom; the "major problem" is merely a pretext.

  • People are loosing their life savings

    • If you need to sacrifice your freedom for a little bit of security, then you deserve neither. It's true with this too.

      Most rules/laws don't actually stop problems, they just hide them.

Are the governments also coercing Microsoft to restrict Windows users to the Windows app store?

  • No. In the impacted nations the issue is with the (vast) majority of people who only own an android phone.