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yacthing 6 hours ago

Do people not remember the days of viruses destroying computers?

They were a massive issue before, and now they're barely a thought for most people.

These review processes have been good for the general population.

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rock_artist 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I believe people in HN also remember the days before we had MMUs.

And I'm sure everyone remembers ransomware.

No one is saying OS shouldn't have security measures, permissions/entitlements and app sandboxing, user land, etc.

I still don't understand why my desktop/laptop is allowed to be 'owned' by me. but my iPhone is a closed-gardened where I'm just a guest in a device I own. and that's nearly what Google is now doing.

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oblio 34 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> They were a massive issue before, and now they're barely a thought for most people.

Even on desktops... where there are no such review processes. Apparently we've found other mechanisms to reduce those issues, without app stores everywhere.

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bronson 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What review processes on computers?

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pflenker 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I didn’t write the previous comment, but I think the point here is that there is a long-running trend aiming to protect users both from malicious intent and to a certain extent from themselves. In the past, viruses had it easy to infect and spread computers because of both inattentive users clicking on mails claiming someone loved them, and the default access mode for any user granting them admin access.

Even though review processeses generally do not exist for computers, they are part of that same trend.

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nekooooo 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

mac app store / windows app store

	▲	dazgjkyfedbu 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And outside stores we have Windows’ UAC and Mac’s annoying-but-understandable “this dmg is sus” dialogues. Granted they are review processes but they’re often what keeps common users from wrecking their devices.