> I must say though, I'm increasingly frustrated by software vendors trying to strip away control over our own machines.
I get the sentiment, but if you look at how common malware is on Windows versus (walled-garden) platforms like iOS, it becomes pretty clear that it's the most effective way to keep users safe. Inconveniencing tech-savvy folk is a small price to pay for that, IMO.
> I get that novices probably need some protection, but I really wish there were a way to say that, "yes, I really do know what I'm doing, please stop treating me like a toddler."
Typing "badidea" when faced with the interstitial should do the trick.
But that's just it, I'd have to download the source to Chromium, find where this error is thrown, and add a UI element to allow me to bypass the error. That's ... a whole lot more than just inconveniencing me. Flipping a switch in chrome://flags would be an acceptable inconvenience.
This command-line switch works, but it requires accepting a larger risk with respect to secure cookies and MitM attacks.
I get the sentiment, but if you look at how common malware is on Windows versus (walled-garden) platforms like iOS, it becomes pretty clear that it's the most effective way to keep users safe. Inconveniencing tech-savvy folk is a small price to pay for that, IMO.
> I get that novices probably need some protection, but I really wish there were a way to say that, "yes, I really do know what I'm doing, please stop treating me like a toddler."
Typing "badidea" when faced with the interstitial should do the trick.