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I agree, but only until the part you mention how people should install their software. And that’s simply because I don’t think that people should install random .exes or .debs from the internet, because repositories are:

Easier to find software within: you’ve got a one-stop-shop for all/most of your most important software
They’re inherently more secure as the software should (mind the should) be checked by maintainers or the people who upload software onto them
Software pdates are much easier to enroll, as they are treated as system updates

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BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yeah I’d say a large percentage of users don’t even know what a repository is, have no idea what a maintainer does, and wouldn’t even refer to their ‘apps’ as software.

You’re asking a lot of of people who don’t give a fuck.

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- Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  What even is the benefit of getting the users who don’t even give a fuck about any of the things that are useful to learn (and have for those who did learn enough to use them)?
  
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- r3tr0_97@ani.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah, but a lot of people nowadays only use a phone, and they don’t download their software from a random website, but they use a front end (e.g. Play Store/App Store), so they don’t need to get accustomed to it
  
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Jyek@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
There’s another thing that frustrates me about Linux and its various philosophies. Should I be allowed to do what I want with my software? Or should the machine protect me from myself? It seems at conflict with itself to allow you to do stuff like delete system files without much more than a warning while also having protections in place as you describe. Windows tried doing this exact thing with S Mode and people get pissed about windows not allowing them to do whatever they want.

I fundamentally disagree that users should not be allowed to install whatever they want from wherever they want.

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- jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  I fundamentally disagree that users should not be allowed to install whatever they want from wherever they want.
  
  You can install whatever dodgy file from wherever you want. I (and many others) don’t think that should be the default
  
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