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Can we talk about the rude installers not asking for installation locations?

47 points breezk0 | 3 comments | 31 Oct 25 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.967s | source

Title.

I think it is very rude to just install to any "default" directory and not asks the user where he wants it to be installed.

1. ranger_danger ◴[31 Oct 25 14:41 UTC] No.45772475[source]▶
Firejail on Linux and Sandboxie on Windows means I can let programs install whenever they want, and I always know it'll be inside some other top-level directory I specify.

Probably better to not let programs spray all over your filesystem anyway.

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2. bigbuppo ◴[31 Oct 25 15:09 UTC] No.45772862[source]▶
Ah yes, because people should be forced to use some random third-party program because developers went out of their way to write their own installer that lacks a feature every standard installer has had since the 1980s.
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3. zahlman ◴[31 Oct 25 15:15 UTC] No.45772965[source]▶
Making the project work when it's in an arbitrary place isn't always trivial.

The proposed "random third-party program" is effectively an extension to the OS.