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by sdiq 1815 days ago
Based on the first four comments, I see some do not appreciate this unlike me, at least. Just last-night, I was forced to download a zipped folder with source code from a site I was new to. Well, I did appreciate using this new feature because I wasn't sure what I of the 'trustworthiness' of the folder.
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>I see some do not appreciate this

It is the same approach to defend off phishing attacks in large corporations: shift the responsibility to the user.

In my opinion, this is just another scream for codified capabilities. Which would be a real solution and not just repeatedly a click away from disaster.

If I had to download source in zip format I probably wouldn't touch it outside a VM.
I don't think a ZIP is that much different from a random Git repo...
Yeah .rar would be much worse