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"Its not just the users, its the platform"
"Your premise it that all users (regardless of experience) need admin privileges"

Yes, that is my assumption. I'm talking HOME users. Not systems supervised by professional admins. Your arguments are perfectly legitimate in a corporate environment. But in the home, are you suggesting that the owner of the machine shouldn't have the root password?
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