[jwells89]

> That means throwing out a lot of code too. It's the cost to pay.

And likely, upsetting power users who want to run with all the safeties off.

[mr_toad]

It’s not just power users either. Regular Windows users howled with outrage when they had to enter their password to permit software to do a privileged task.

[xp84]

Not necessarily “all the safeties off.” I’d define that as like, running as root always.

It’s more about not being locked out of actual admin access to my own computer.

I expect to have at minimum a developer mode that allows me to enter my password to allow me to run whatever code I want without OS vendor blessing. Heck, add a small coding challenge to unlock it. Whatever.

[wpm]

Also, users who actually want to get shit done.