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Be careful downloading Windows 11 apps from Google, 70+ fake sites are pushing malware right now (www.windowslatest.com)
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[+] -28 points 2 months ago (15 children)

Windows users get what they deserve here. Windows gave you an app store, and you spat on it. maybe it was a bad implementation, but signed apps exist for a reason.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Free Software package managers are good, because having somebody who knows what they're doing curate the apps for you is helpful. "App stores" are evil, because you've replaced that expert with a salesperson with a vested interest in exploiting you.

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  • [+] -10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    again, why do you hate yourself? do you think using Windows and holding it wrong is empowering? i don’t get it.

    trust is required somewhere. if you don’t trust Microsoft, why would you use Windows in the first place?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Boy oh boy, was it ever a bad implementation. Whoooo nelly was (is) that.
    I use PPAs in Linux and I stay clear of the AUR. Entire open source projects have added such things to Windows but Microslop still rejects doing it properly themselves. Torches and pitchforks for Redmond one day!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Winget is the equivalent to AUR

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    Wait Winget is a user repository- as-in it's completely unpoliced? Hahah I stand corrected

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    According to MS there are various validation steps when app is added to repository, including virus checks:

    Each submission to the Windows Package Manager Repository is run through several antivirus programs. These programs all have different virus detection algorithms for identifying potentially unwanted applications (PUA) and malware.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/package/repository#validation-process

    So I guess it's safer to install apps trough winget, at least as much as much You trust Microslop doing good job.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    why work on a feature that your users categorically reject? this isn’t me projecting, i literally have this conversation with a buddy all the time. he’s a programmer and talks about all the problems with Windows like there aren’t options. use the OS the way the devs designed it, pick a different one, or stfu

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    You say that like malware can't be signed

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