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> Two handed presses are a technical prevention which restricts a person from putting their hands in danger. Education was not enough.

That's what "Are you sure you want to enable sideloading?" toggle is.

> Lockout/tagout is a technical prevention which restricts other people from messing with a system that could endanger you. Education was not enough.

That's what OS is.

> A monopoly app store is a technical prevention that restricts someone from running un-vetted software that could potentially steal your life savings or compromise your entire digital life. Do you think education is enough?

A monopoly app store is a technical prevention that restricts someone from running un-vetted software that could potentially prevent monopoly app store revenue or god-forbid bypass DRM. So what?

And App Store absolutely does have malware https://lifehacker.com/great-now-the-apple-app-store-has-mal.... If it's not even 100% secure then it's not worth sacrificing my freedom to choose.



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