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Application Gatekeeping: An Ever-Expanding Pathway to Internet Censorship (www.eff.org)

submitted 5 months ago by cm0002 to c/opensource@programming.dev

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[–] passenger@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Add MS to the list with many open source programs showing a Smartscreen warning during install, unless the dev pays up (and probably gets vetted somehow).

I bet the average user will not install after the Smartscreen block notification.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've never seen a Smartscreen warning.

Then again, I don't use Edge and I disable Smartscreen.

This is a very different thing than what Google does, though it's in the same direction.

[–] passenger@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

I don't use Edge either. It comes when running an installer.

It's just a step away though.

The only solution for the dev is to pay for some crap so it can be greenlit for something.