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

47 points breezk0 | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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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.

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crazygringo ◴[31 Oct 25 14:56 UTC] No.45772657[source]▶
Can you be more specific about which platform you're talking about?

On a Mac, I've never wanted an application to go anywhere but the default /Applications. I don't ever recall being asked if I want another location, nor would I want to be.

Is it different on Windows or Linux? And why would you want a different install location?

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1. al_borland ◴[31 Oct 25 15:01 UTC] No.45772736[source]▶
Not the OP, but I do sometimes install macOS applications to ~/Applications. This is especially useful at work where /Application requires elevated permissions. I used to have to request admin rights for a period of time every time VS Code needed do something. In ~/Applications, that’s not an issue.

Of course, 90% of macOS apps (outside of the App Store) don’t have installers. You just drag the app where you want it, so it’s a moot point.