The title says it all. Browsed Flathub and saw this fat warning label on the Steam Flatpak. Maybe not the best idea if you want to compete with Canoncial’s Snapstore, but hey, what do I know 🤷

  • Cegorach@feddit.de
    20·
    2 years ago

    I don’t get what your point is.

    Should flathub remove the warning or proprietory software?

    And why do you think snapstore would be any better in that regard?

  • skymtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    11·
    2 years ago

    I don’t really see the problem with this is, let’s be honest if you daily drive Linux you likely enjoy opensource software. You likely want other open source apps too and knowing is good. Yes I do run some proptarity apps like Steam and Discord but its neat to have other apps apps open source where I can.

  • jsdz@lemmy.ml
    8·
    2 years ago

    I was mildly annoyed the other day by a conceptually similar warning about some software I was installing from F-droid. The annoying part was that unlike this flathub one it wasn’t completely clear how exactly the app was using the dangerous features I was being warned about, but I had done my research and knew I wanted to install it anyway. Took me a moment to remember that for a lot of people it probably helps to be reminded of the risks.

    Then I went to install the same thing on someone else’s phone with Google Play. No warnings, but I had to scroll quite a long way down past ads for competitors and presumably malware-laden copies with confusingly similar names before finding the app whose name I’d typed in the search field.

    • Boo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      3·
      2 years ago

      Also, F-Droid recently committed to more transparency with their anti-features and many newer (and updated older) apps show a message about what the anti-feature actually entails on that particular app.

  • wiki_me@lemmy.mlEnglish
    23·
    2 years ago

    This is the warning:

    This software is not developed in the open, so only its developers know how it works. It may be insecure in ways that are hard to detect, and it may change without oversight.

    tbh assuming automatically open source software is more secure is false, At least one link which mentioned studies said that open source probably does not always “outperform” closed source software in term of security.

    The relative security of open source software has been examined repeatedly by researchers since the early 2000s. Open source software contains no more flaws on average than proprietary software. In some cases, it may have fewer vulnerabilities.

    Some might argue that having a paid team means better security, So i don’t know if the warning about security is really justified, and it might give people a bad impression about flathub (that it is being dogmatic), at least link to some page providing a more detailed explanation would be better (and might prevent new FOSS users from getting a false sense of security).