Most software installers demand to be run as root/Administrator.

The fact that this is largely seen as acceptable or even sensible is rather silly in this day and age.

Yes, and when apps do request many permissios, I just estimate how reputable the company is. A name like Adobe must be ok, right?

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cmovq an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Software wants to be installed in C:\Program Files so that other software can’t modify their installation without admin permissions. Of course to do that your installer needs to be run as administrator which makes the whole thing rather silly.

	▲	tredre3 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Software installed through the Windows Store seem immutable enough even though they live in the user's AppData. At least the system prevented me from seeing or modifying the files the last time I tried. I did not try very hard, admittedly, but by contrast modifying something in C:\Program Files is just one UAC confirmation away.