I was about to post this quote; it's amusing to see it within the first 13 comments. I am sympathetic to the author's UX arguments, but it has always seemed to

I was about to post this quote; it's amusing to see it within the first 13 comments. I am sympathetic to the author's UX arguments, but it has always seemed to me like the OS vendor was clearly the party whom I wanted to handle my virus protection, if any. I'm already obliged to trust them and they're in the best position to do the job (API access, etc.) If you as a third party want to convince me you're better at protecting my computer, you've got an uphill battle considering the hacks necessary to do the job (and it never seemed like lots of AV API support is the answer, since you could just build first party AV functionality instead with better integration). Also not convincing: hundreds of non-AV features like a password manager. "Better user experience" would not be the way I describe it.