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The biggest "evil" that has been committed (and is still being committed) against computing has been normalizing this idea of not having root access to a device you supposedly own. That having root access to your computer, and therefore being the ultimate authority over what gets run on it, is bad or risky or dangerous. That "sideloading" is weird and needs a separate name, and is not the normal case of simply loading and running software on your own computer.

Now, we're locking people out of society for having the audacity of wanting to decide what gets run and not run on their computers?

parent ryandrake 9 months ago

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