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[return to "The App Store was always authoritarian"]
1. mycoco+a7[view] [source] 2025-10-12 08:37:17
>>bertma+(OP)
Maybe it's not a great idea to allow a company to decide what software users can run, and I am inclined to believe that Murphy's Law will apply. Ultimately, software is freedom of speech.
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2. dewey+U7[view] [source] 2025-10-12 08:44:19
>>mycoco+a7
I get that point as a person who frequents HN, but for many regular people that’s probably a net positive. People would install random apps or browser extensions just to gain an advantage in some Facebook click came.

Having some kind of hidden “I know what I’m doing” mode would make sense, but would probably defeated the same way as “I’ll teach you how to open browser console” to paste some command exploits.

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