I assure you that if we didn't have these closed ecosystems, we would have more secure software. Data exfiltration is a security issue, perhaps even the most si

I assure you that if we didn't have these closed ecosystems, we would have more secure software. Data exfiltration is a security issue, perhaps even the most significant one. All the theatre we do with signing software was better implemented in your average software repository all linux distributions come with. Failing to see the larger picture people wanted these enclaves. An no, even Apple wants to make their environment attractive and that means appeasing advertisers. Overall the behavior of legitimate software in a PC or Mac environment is just far better, it isn't even a competition.