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by jlarocco 3310 days ago
I was specifically disputing the claims that Chrome Apps are "one of the best things that happened to Linux desktops in a long time" and that they're noticeably more secure.

Taking Soundcloud as an example, Clementine (and probably most media players) can stream it just fine. Having a Chrome App is nice, but it isn't providing anything that isn't already available. I'd even say the Chrome App is a step backwards, because with Clementine I don't need a separate app for every music service.
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eeZi 3310 days ago
Streaming means parsing a bunch of untrusted data. What if ffmpeg/gstreamer/Clementine has a security issue? It happened before.

With a Chrome App, it sits in a (really strong) sandbox and would need to escape the sandbox first.

With a native app, it's game over.

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rhizome 3307 days ago
The idea being that I should install Clementine to listen to Soundcloud, instead of Chrome, which is already installed? This is the only thing I would use Clementine for, since it doesn't support multiple genres per track so it's out as a music library.
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