Right, it's like asking why your refrigerator doesn't require the key to your front door.
@frankie
I don't know if this is the real reason, but maybe the distinction is that fire spells don't have to set people on fire, but torture spells are designed to hurt living things.
That is to say, a fire spell will have similar results on a person or a chair, but a torture spell is going to have a way different result on a person than it does on a chair.
@frankie
What does manjaro use? Pacman? Yeah those are installing apps to the system, via root. (Sudo).
@frankie
Are you familiar with sandboxed applications (e.g., Flatpak)? Those are analogous to android apps (also sandboxed). You don't need to have root access to install them because they don't change the system; they're installed in the user's directory by design. (The user is even warned *not* to install via sudo).
My kid's android is locked down so they can't install apps, so if you are truly worried I bet you could lock down your phone, too.
Or just keep it locked?
@oguzhanaydin
@frankie
If "other OSes" means iOS, then I suspect it's because it's easy to implement since the only way to install an app is via their store.
Does your PC ask for a password to install an application?
@oguzhanaydin