The official install instructions for Spotify are to copy-paste and execute some script which then downloads stuff and then use the downloaded file inside a comand executed as a super user. Same for VS Code:
The classical Windows flow of download a random executable installer from the internet, it is automatically scanned by an antivirus, execute it, get a notification about its signature, and only afterwards maybe get a request for admin rights, is superior to sudo-wget:
People WILL download and execute shit from the internet. It is better to provide warnings where risk is involved instead of normalizing the riskiest path. sudo-wget is like unprotected sex during a one night stand.
https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
The official install instructions for rust are to copy-paste and execute some script which then downloads code from the internet and executes it.
https://www.spotify.com/us/download/linux/
The official install instructions for Spotify are to copy-paste and execute some script which then downloads stuff and then use the downloaded file inside a comand executed as a super user. Same for VS Code:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux
I am sure I can find many more such examples.
The classical Windows flow of download a random executable installer from the internet, it is automatically scanned by an antivirus, execute it, get a notification about its signature, and only afterwards maybe get a request for admin rights, is superior to sudo-wget:
https://tserong.github.io/sudo-wget/
People WILL download and execute shit from the internet. It is better to provide warnings where risk is involved instead of normalizing the riskiest path. sudo-wget is like unprotected sex during a one night stand.