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by raesene6 3563 days ago
Unless you or someone you trust has audited an application, all apps are untrusted and should be given least privileges (e.g. the mobile/UWP model).

Personally I'd suggest that the trade off is whether the risks of global filesystems are worth it in productivity benefits.

For standard users (non IT-professionals) I think they are not and for IT professionals, in most cases, I think they are.