I think bsky's use of this malware feature is as benign as it's possible to get, but it's still a malware feature. As you point out, the real reason this exists is to enforce DRM and make your computer serve Netflix et al rather than the person who owns it.

> accidentally screenshotting your password manager;

I could not think of a more useless justification for installing malware into the OS. Okay, you've accidentally screenshotted your password manager. So what? Are you going to accidentally upload it to the internet too? I'd much rather live in a world where people who are that stupid face minor consequences for their actions than one in which all of our own computers are used against us.

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CircuitSeuss 6 hours ago | parent [-]

As with most things, it would be ideal if we could have both good defaults to make things accessible and advanced user controls to allow users to retain control. That’s a rare mix these days.

	▲	MBCook 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		People like to say that. How many hundreds of additional options would a modern phone OS need to provide that though? How could applications possibly be tested? You could have a million installs and 300,000 of them could easily have fully unique combinations of options past what’s available today. How could you ever provide support to a user? “First take 200 screenshots and send those to me…”