[Kamq]

Most users aren't on hacker news.

You should not confuse general wording, which is directed to people who read this website (by the fact that it's y'know posted here instead of somewhere else), with advice for the average person.

[the_af]

What percentage of HN readers do you guess sandbox every non-distro-packaged program by default? My guess: they probably are a minority even here, so it's a nonstarter for the general users population.

[Kamq]

> so it's a nonstarter for the general users population.

I agree. My point was that this point isn't important for a discussion on a niche site.