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Is he saying that there's something inherent to Mac OS that makes malware harder? No, he's saying that everytime there is a virus/trojan/rootkit/malware found

Is he saying that there's something inherent to Mac OS that makes malware harder? No, he's saying that everytime there is a virus/trojan/rootkit/malware found in the wild that targets MacOS X there is a chorus of articles in the tech media essentially proclaiming that the end is nigh for safe computing on the Mac. There is malware/etc that targets Macs. There will always be malware that targets Mac. I doubt Gruber doesn't believe this. However the existence of particular piece of malicious software is not the same as a widespread practice that will bring down the platform as is seemingly presumed by the various tech articles that talk about Mac malware.

joebadmo 15y ago
I agree that one instance of malware doesn't necessarily mean anything, but growing market share does. And what the ars article points out that's really pernicious is Apple's response to the issue, which is not a good sign for how they might deal with the growth of malware as a reaction to growing market share. Especially in light of Apple's marketing re security of Mac OS. And Gruber doesn't seem to be making an argument in this post. He agrees with the reporting but quibbles with a tertiary, almost irrelevant graph.