Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux advocacy
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 15:30:04 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: the-candyden-of-code
Lines: 43
Message-ID: <slrnvfte1d.3drn.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid>
References: <vcvabp$3bcrt$7@dont-email.me>
 <7pb6fjh0mrcih3gahbk9onfesi9n0ngbff@4ax.com> <vcvil8$3co45$1@dont-email.me>
 <o1k6fj1r84geskevh0fk3ogkldg0h47fu6@4ax.com> <vd070h$3ina5$1@dont-email.me>
 <vd07f3$3itrt$2@dont-email.me> <llhtvpF9t8cU5@mid.individual.net>
 <1r0gc88.1facivp5nvjmgN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>
 <llj54nFg2tnU2@mid.individual.net>
 <2g09fjlgj2teoogoh2s789lb1opqjja53o@4ax.com>
 <bid9fjpf3uhcevktrc5d83if39tafpcf5v@4ax.com> <vd2srh$2ohs$4@dont-email.me>
 <da3bfj1rbd78ct1dhikqj28fk5uhu2q11u@4ax.com> <vddk1c$254hd$6@dont-email.me>
 <slrnvflgcf.lr8.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid>
 <_iHKO.243816$v8v2.95799@fx18.iad>
 <slrnvfr7mu.2hs3k.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid>
 <OohLO.62595$UZH4.58862@fx44.iad>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 17:30:05 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="72363423d065a48d52fe42d6c1e8b5a5";
	logging-data="3981190"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19cpAcCSFb7iHrQFC56WWtVVYciUMA3dVUJa8mXq1hW0A=="
User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux)
Cancel-Lock: sha1:0e8+nAkQrKP07KSvIjNBDX6jzrM=
X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]%
 b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx
 `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e
 ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA]<D
Bytes: 3764

CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote at 19:44 this Wednesday (GMT):
> On 2024-10-02 3:30 p.m., candycanearter07 wrote:
>> CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote at 00:24 this Tuesday (GMT):
>>> On 2024-09-30 3:40 p.m., candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 07:29 this Monday (GMT):
>>>>> On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:37:56 -0400, Joel wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It has Unix within it, I grant that ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No, it has the legal right to use the “Unix” trademark, which is not
>>>>>>> quite what normal people mean when they say “It’s a Unix system, I know
>>>>>>> this!”.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's not really true, you can do anything with it ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Not quite. Apple is insisting on signed software now, so users of Open
>>>>> Source have to negotiate continual off-putting warnings about “untrusted”
>>>>> apps every time they try to install something.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not surprised.
>>>
>>> There's nothing wrong with signing software if you want to limit the
>>> damage of malware. Open-source will probably work as long as the
>>> software is listed in the Apple Store though.
>> 
>> 
>> Yeah, but it would obviously be bad to be forced to publish thru the App
>> Store
>
> Admittedly, but a lot of the people who buy Apple hardware do so because 
> they want to be safe from the kind of threats that exist in the Windows 
> world. They will stick to the software in the App Store to escape 
> potential problems. It's in their and the developer's best interests to 
> make the software available there.


Yeah, and thats good and all but it also lets them remove the option to
NOT go through the app store.
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom