Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s...
by ceejayoz on Thursday August 29, 2019 @08:59AM
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That's basically how "your mom" got 800 different browser toolbars installed. The people who tend to "void the warranty" tend to be the least equipped to evaluate the pros/cons of doing so.
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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s...
by oblio on Thursday August 29, 2019 @09:58AM
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I didn't mean "your mom" as an insult, he literally said his mother did X and Y...
Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s...
by ceejayoz on Thursday August 29, 2019 @10:06AM
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I'm not saying they meant it as an insult.
I'm saying the end result winds up being the opposite of the ideal scenario OP's setting up - the people least prepared to evaluate the dangers of side-loading stuff are the most likely to go and do it.