Imagine your friend that does not know anything about linux, don’t you think this would make them not install the firefox flatpak and potentially think that linux is unsafe?

I ask this because I believe we must be careful and make small changes to welcome new users in the future, we have to make them as much comfortable as possible when experimenting with a new O.S

I believe this warning could have a less alarming design, saying something like “This app can use elevated permissions. What does this mean? with the “What does this mean? text as a clickable URL that shows the user that this may cause security risks. I mean, is kind of a contradiction to have “verified” on the app and a red warning saying “Potentially unsafe”, the user will think “well, should I trust this or not??

  • JubilantJaguar
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    Completely agree. Training normies to click OK on warnings like this is a no-good terrible idea.

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      Training users to click on this shit is the same reason people wipe their desktop by ignoring “Yes I know what I am doing” warnings.

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        someone is not a fan of LTT

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      They shouldn’t click on on this tho