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

47 points breezk0 | 4 comments | 31 Oct 25 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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. bee_rider ◴[31 Oct 25 15:08 UTC] No.45772847[source]▶
It really depends on the system. In Linux for example it is pretty conventional to ask. But, the asking is often done by querying some environment variables.

If a program prompts the user for a directory instead of querying the appropriate environment variable, that is a violation of the stated user preference.

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2. IAmBroom ◴[31 Oct 25 16:56 UTC] No.45774146[source]▶
Huh? How is "the appropriate environment variable" the "stated user preference"?
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3. bee_rider ◴[31 Oct 25 19:07 UTC] No.45775553[source]▶
Setting environment variables is how we state our preferences.
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4. IAmBroom ◴[31 Oct 25 20:36 UTC] No.45776429{3}[source]▶
So, a user explicitly choosing a path for software P to be different from software suites A-O is somehow not choosing a preference?

And this "we" you speak of... 1% of users? 0.1%?