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by nolist_policy
995 days ago
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> A real operating system doesn't download and execute code from unverified remote locations. Sorry, but that is pretty much the standard way to install apps on windows. That the browsers execute untrusted code all the time and still are secure is an advantage of web technology. |
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Maybe now, but when I was on XP and, later, Windows 7, you only had a handful of software you would use (I have all of them on a CD, and later on an HDD). Things like VLC, Notepad++, Codeblocks, Office, and others. It requires trust, but these programs did not phone home, AFAIK, every second. That's what we lost, trust in our computer and the software programs running on it. And now, it is a hostile relation between customers and software developers. I wasn't concerned about VLC tracking the file I opened with it, or Office scanning my documents.