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Re:Ask HN: Why did smartphones become a single point of fail... by agileAlligator on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @09:59AM (#32398019)
When you acknowledge that there is a problem in the system and have solved it by way of a third party application, why do you still place the blame on the user for not solving the problem the same way you did instead of the system for having holes in it
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Re:Ask HN: Why did smartphones become a single point of fail... by 888666 on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:10AM (#32398214)
How does providing information have anything to do with placing blame?
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Re:Ask HN: Why did smartphones become a single point of fail... by agileAlligator on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:57PM (#32407701)
> in my mind you have created a single point of failure for _yourself_

You are offloading decisions to the consumer, decisions that the consumer shouldn't have to take. They should be solved by systems design already.

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