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47 points breezk0 | 7 comments | | HN request time: 0.645s | source | bottom

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. ape4 ◴[] No.45772549[source]
As long as the uninstaller can find it
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2. bigbuppo ◴[] No.45772809[source]
Well the problem with that is that the past few generations of laptops have taken a page from chromebooks and only give you 128GB of storage, maybe 256GB if you're lucky, unless you add more, assuming that's even possible. Storage has never been cheaper, yet most laptops ship with barely enough storage for a base Windows install.
3. HeyLaughingBoy ◴[] No.45772873[source]
Same here. I don't care where the application goes; I care where the data goes. One of my initial annoyances when I started using PlatformIO was that it assumes a default workspace directory and as a new user, it took me forever to figure out where it was putting my files. I have a standard directory structure that I use and this was really messing me up.
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4. andai ◴[] No.45772899[source]
>I care where the data goes

I used a Win10 debloater last year about 2 weeks after install. It deleted Minecraft, which is apparently a UWP too, and it deleted my world, because UWPs apparently store userdata in program directory.

5. krferriter ◴[] No.45772940[source]
Almost like you might need some system-wide registry of application configuration...
6. zahlman ◴[] No.45772943[source]
I don't want an uninstaller to be required by default.
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7. IAmBroom ◴[] No.45774120[source]
I think that ship has sailed. As soon as software uses more than one custom path to store its crap, I can no longer be sure I've deleted everything.