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shepherdjerred on June 26, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Discovering that a Bluetooth car battery monitor i...

Didn't operating systems like macOS and Windows 8 _try_ to push native app paradigms where there were stricter permissions, but everyone hated it? How many people install software from the macOS/Windows stores where those checks could happen vs installing it the traditional way?

Dalewyn on June 27, 2023 | [–]

You can just blacklist the offending executables, ports, and/or addresses in your firewall, you know.

shepherdjerred on June 27, 2023 | | [–]

That's obviously a lot more work than having the OS do it for you.

sixothree on June 27, 2023 | [–]

Ballmer really messed that one up.

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