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Re:Epic Games Launcher appears to collect Steam friends and ... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday March 15, 2019 @09:28AM (#19399475)
Be that as it may, we both agree that OS developers taking control away from the user is orthogonal to application sandboxing.

Sandboxing should be done, treating users like children who need to have control stripped from them for their own good should not.

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Re:Epic Games Launcher appears to collect Steam friends and ... by Wowfunhappy on Friday March 15, 2019 @10:21AM (#19399921)
If basically every example of by-default application sandboxing also results in a loss of user control, are they really orthogonal?

As soon as you implement the option at an OS level, there are going to be (many!) developers who want it enforced for all users. It's the obvious path to go down.

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