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[–] graycube@lemmy.world 90 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I was in a computer store a few years ago watching a young guy trying to sell a tablet to an older woman. He said "the good news about this is that it can't get viruses because it runs apps".

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 38 points 22 hours ago

everyone knows viruses are allergic to apps

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 19 hours ago

If you assume that she will only install official apps, that they are sandboxed and Apple doesn't allow viruses in App Store apps, then that statement seems fine to me.

Every networked computer has some risk of getting a viris of course.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 30 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Ill bet anything they laughed about that in the breakroom

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 19 points 16 hours ago

I'd bet they believed it themselves.