[mattmanser]

There's nothing false about this dichotomy, you're just setting up a straw doll.

My point stands, we tried the run anything model and millions of machines are infested with malware as anyone with any basic computer experience can attest.The number of times I've had to clean friends or families computers I cannot count. There is a very good argument for these sandboxes.

[us_and_them]

The issue isn't security. The issue is control. The Debian project uses signed packages to ensure integrity but is open regardless. Of course there should be security and a reasonable expectation of utility but not at the cost of free use of something you bought and own. The tech industry is moving to a concept that you "rent", for lack of a better term, rather than own something you purchase. I have no issue with commercial software but all software is useless without the hardware to run it. If I have the hardware, I should be able to do what I want with it, just like an automobile. What's the difference? If a car manufacturer decided which highways you could drive on, based on a restrictive license agreement, you wouldn't buy that car, but you wouldn't buy a car without seatbelts. We wouldn't accept this concept in any other situation, why do we accept it in this situation?