Comment by omnimus

Comment by omnimus 6 hours ago

Sandboxing isn't feature dependent on Apple being a big curator is it? These are orthogonal but not the same issues. I've never said that PCs don't have viruses or that it isn't a problem, only that I should be able to install software from developer I trust if I want to.

I agree let's have sandboxed app instalations on platforms. Flatpak is already going this way. But it looks like big players Microsoft,Apple and Google are gatekeeping app sandboxing behind their stores instead of allowing people/devs to use sandboxing directly.

raw_anon_1111 6 hours ago

And then there will still be complaints about Google limiting what apps can do and take away “your freedom”. What happens when a third party app wants to be able to read in other apps internal storage to create a back up solution like iCloud? Should that be allowed? What about if they want to create an app that autocompletes what you type when working in another app requiring key logger like capabilities?

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heavyset_go 5 hours ago

What part of "I should be able to install software from developer I trust if I want to" was hard to understand?

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- raw_anon_1111 5 hours ago
  
  Then you don’t want sandboxing if you want all of those permissions.
  
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  heavyset_go 5 hours ago
  
  You can have sandboxing and run whatever you want. I do it every day on PCs where I, the user, can define the terms of sandboxing any appliclation I want, and not a trillion dollar corporation using sandboxes to enforce their chosen revenue streams upon users.
  
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  raw_anon_1111 4 hours ago
  
  Yes and for you to think that is a valid argument for a consumer product is why most open source products suck for consumers and end up being about as bad as the “homermobile”.
  
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  ptrl600 4 hours ago
  
  Sure I do. I sandbox what I want when I want.
  
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