> Wow, this is really assuming the worst in people.
Yes, I am. I'm fed up with programs that spam my system without asking: install plug ins, menu items, directories on the desktop, dock items etc for "convenience" -- it's convenient for them, not me. It's especially painful when I pay for an app and it sprays shrapnel through my filesystem.
> It’s much more likely to be ignorance
Indeed, but if they can't be bothered to learn basic system hygiene how can I be confident the rest of their package is safe to use?
A big driver for sandbox/containers in user systems is not protection against malign actors per se but against the lazy and ignorant.
Have I written bugs into code? Of course I have, I'm human. But at least I try to get things right up front; to be a good citizen.
(there are additional reasons for containers in server systems, hence my qualification of "user systems" above).
Yes, I am. I'm fed up with programs that spam my system without asking: install plug ins, menu items, directories on the desktop, dock items etc for "convenience" -- it's convenient for them, not me. It's especially painful when I pay for an app and it sprays shrapnel through my filesystem.
> It’s much more likely to be ignorance
Indeed, but if they can't be bothered to learn basic system hygiene how can I be confident the rest of their package is safe to use?
A big driver for sandbox/containers in user systems is not protection against malign actors per se but against the lazy and ignorant.
Have I written bugs into code? Of course I have, I'm human. But at least I try to get things right up front; to be a good citizen.
(there are additional reasons for containers in server systems, hence my qualification of "user systems" above).