While I agree that these development practices are pretty awful, they aren't particularly iOS specific. You can easily do the same thing in a web/desktop/Androi

While I agree that these development practices are pretty awful, they aren't particularly iOS specific. You can easily do the same thing in a web/desktop/Android app. How many websites submit password forms over HTTP or store them in plaintext on the backend or make large, unnecessary downloads or spew tracking data all over your browser? Unfortunately, many developers are too lazy to bother learning best practices and this is what you end up with.