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Re:Apple is not defending browser engine choice by cowtools on Friday June 24, 2022 @04:47AM (#31859196)
Luckily, 100% of those malware plugins can already be avoided by voluntarily choosing to not install them.

This isn't a decision for apple or any other manufacturer to make. If you need an authority figure to babysit you while you use a computer then you shouldn't be using a computer in the first place, you should be in a nursing home.

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Re:Apple is not defending browser engine choice by iasay on Friday June 24, 2022 @04:59AM (#31859290)
This is selection bias. Clearly you’ve never met an average computer user then. Malicious web pages force extensions on you which users do install.
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Re:Apple is not defending browser engine choice by ajvs on Friday June 24, 2022 @11:34AM (#31863814)
uBlock Origin is exactly the type of extension which blocks these malicious webpages.
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Re:Apple is not defending browser engine choice by iasay on Friday June 24, 2022 @03:14PM (#31867944)
Not really

https://portswigger.net/research/ublock-i-exfiltrate-exploit...

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