The alternatives arent that people just dont use it, the alternative is are that people download some random executable that has much larger security vector, ie some electron app that has unlimited file system access.
I have no idea why you were down-voted here. Non-technical people are downloading executable files on their systems by the millions every day.
People can argue about how scary the warning messages should be on this new API, but they can't argue that this is not the way forward to a more secure world.
With this new API in place we'll be one step closer to the goal of having all consumer applications running inside a progressively-permissioned sandbox. It's a dream come true and will allow the culture and OSes to even more strongly stigmatise the opening of executables which immediately gain full system access - something that's completely absurd, but was a necessary evil.
People can argue about how scary the warning messages should be on this new API, but they can't argue that this is not the way forward to a more secure world.
With this new API in place we'll be one step closer to the goal of having all consumer applications running inside a progressively-permissioned sandbox. It's a dream come true and will allow the culture and OSes to even more strongly stigmatise the opening of executables which immediately gain full system access - something that's completely absurd, but was a necessary evil.