And Apple has no end of people willing to carry their water on this. With the recent LastPass debacle you actually had John Gruber saying things like: > Instea

And Apple has no end of people willing to carry their water on this. With the recent LastPass debacle you actually had John Gruber saying things like: > Instead, the scam LassPass app tries to steer you to creating a “pro” account subscription for $2/month, $10/year, or a $50 lifetime purchase. Those are actually low prices for a scam app — a lot of scammy apps try to charge like $10/week. (emphasis mine) He also claims, without any way to know, that "it doesn't look like this was made to steal LastPass credentials". The whole article is very much a "yeah it sucks and shouldn't happen, but this is no big deal, really, why are you getting all up in Apple's face about it?" vibe.