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Re:Notepad++ drops code signing for its releases by uranusjr on Thursday March 07, 2019 @02:11PM (#19331127)
It is not fair. The same cost in money does not translate to the same cost in efforts to earn trust. This is structural discrimination.
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Re:Notepad++ drops code signing for its releases by scott_s on Thursday March 07, 2019 @03:52PM (#19332253)
You are not necessarily in disagreement with the poster you responded to. They meant it was fair in the sense that the user is using a fair heuristic to determine how likely they are to be scammed. You're saying it's unfair to the person who made the software, as they are experiencing structural discrimination. Those two points are not mutually exclusive.
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