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A comment on Google Chrome Keystone is modifying /var symlink on non SIP Macs causing k-panic. Parent comment

Re:Google Chrome Keystone is modifying /var symlink on non S... by madeofpalk on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @09:24AM (#21070510)
> You feel alienated from your computer because there has been a conscious decision to take away options and user control in modern software. And I get why that decision has been made, even if I hate it as much as you and every other computer enthusiast.

This is a weird claim here because this issue only appears if you made a conscious decision to disable a critical security of the operating system, something only possible because you have "options and user control in modern software".

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Re:Google Chrome Keystone is modifying /var symlink on non S... by Wowfunhappy on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @10:15AM (#21070972)
That this conversation arose within this context is somewhat ironic, but not particularly weird.

It’s great that Apple lets you disable SIP in macOS. It’s not great that Google frequently takes away user control. Different companies making different decisions in different situations is not contradictory, and outliers do not discount an overall trend.

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