alt Hacker NewsI mean, yes ...?
Stupid to run random scripts you find online, but browser makers push users into it.
My son wants to eat "Chinese" food with chopsticks, but he can only really use a fork, so we adapt the chopsticks. He'll be able to use them eventually, but not everyone has a) the desire, nor b) the dexterity.
Making it easier to do what users want with a computer without telling them 'just learn to program' (or script in this case) is actually a good thing imo.
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It's not hard to search for a few keys in the about:config menu or to set a group policy. If you can't be bother to do this you have zero business running random scripts that update your system configuration that you have no idea how it works.
Normie users would be better off reading some detailed step-by-step instructions on how to do it by hand using built-in methods than to run random code from the internet that can be malicious.
My mom is 75 years old and barely knows how to use a web browser to begin with. There is zero chance I encourage her to run random pwsh scripts from the internet.
God forbid we're going to start giving them AI agents to do this kind of stuff for them. God help us.
> users want with a computer without telling them 'just learn to program'
A computer is meant to be programmed by the user. That is its raison d'être from the very beginning and why it is called like that.