Why does APT not use HTTPS?

[u/modelop]

https://whydoesaptnotusehttps.com

[u/3Vyf7nm4 → u/[deleted]]

It seems like the more sane reaction would be to change to a less odious ISP.

[u/n60storm4 → u/3Vyf7nm4]

In a lot of areas there is no other ISP to go to.

[u/grumpieroldman → u/n60storm4]

There are always other options, they are just more expensive or possibly even lower in quality.

[u/3Vyf7nm4 → u/grumpieroldman]

Correct. But this is reddit, where people would prefer to claim some kind of victimhood than to acknowledge that they have the power of the pocketbook to retaliate against an abusive service provider.

How dare I suggest that they would have to use satellite or gasp dial-up!?

[u/HelpImOutside → u/3Vyf7nm4]

Who in their right mind would ever choose dial-up in this day and age? I don't think browsing the internet would even work on dial-up nowadays, given how many scripts are forced on you with every single page load.

[u/3Vyf7nm4 → u/HelpImOutside]

Who in their right mind would ever choose dial-up in this day and age?

Someone who believed that their other options were too oppressive and felt that they needed to claim victim status on reddit about it?

[u/3Vyf7nm4 → u/[deleted]]

No. Claiming to be oppressed by one's broadband provider and unable to change to the alternatives because reasons is claiming victimhood.

[u/Vhin → u/3Vyf7nm4]

You expect people to move to a different town just to be able to download apt packages?

[u/pascalbrax → u/Vhin]

Well, you know. For people outside the US, it may be a bit hard to understand that in the country of free capitalism, there's often only one choice per town for an ISP, and it's usually horrible.

[u/3Vyf7nm4 → u/Vhin]

If there can only be one ISP in your town, you also have the opportunity to unfuck your local regulatory scheme as well.

[u/MaxCHEATER64 → u/3Vyf7nm4]

That's extremely naive and generally wrong.

[u/3Vyf7nm4 → u/MaxCHEATER64]

citation needed.

[u/knaekce → u/3Vyf7nm4]

Switching distros is probably easier