Honestly I'm surprised they were using binary plists - not because that would be a good idea, just because it seems entirely plausible as its a normal backend f

Honestly I'm surprised they were using binary plists - not because that would be a good idea, just because it seems entirely plausible as its a normal backend for NSObject serialization. Serializing objects would also not be a good idea, but again people like things that appear simpler to implement.