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Old 12-12-2022, 01:25 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by MGlitch View Post
Bad guys aren't discouraged by laws, we still have them, they aren't necessarily discouraged by security systems, we still use them. And on, and on.
This is true. And it's a good reason to allow people to enable these things if they want (or even make them the default). But it is not a good reason to force everyone to use them and not allow them to be disabled. The choice should be the users, not forced on them by the manufacturer.

Here's a hypothetical and extreme example, for effect. Say a manufacturer wants to make your car more secure by requiring you to enter a code, do a retinal scan, and respond to a two factor authentication to open your car door. This would seem quite secure, and some customers would be tickled pink to have their car protected so well. But other customers might say "Couldn't the criminal just throw a rock through the window and get in that way?" And then decide to disable the excessive security features. I admit, the retinal scan would be more secure. A little. In some circumstances. But I wouldn't want it. It's not for everybody. So let the user choose to enable or disable, not the manufacturer.

The same thing goes for letting users choose to install other software on the devices they bought or not. Manufacturers should not mandate "no you can't!" for everyone.
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