I really don't think that's true - the state of appsec and security awareness in general has really improved a lot, and all of the major platforms (windows incl

I really don't think that's true - the state of appsec and security awareness in general has really improved a lot, and all of the major platforms (windows included) are much much more secure now by default than in the activeX era. It's definitely not the case that anyone can just throw together an iPhone zeroday, which is why the price of these exploits is so much higher.