"The value a curated app ecosystem" is that Apple's app reviewers greatly, greatly reduce the chance of malware or crapware winding up on consumers' devices. F

"The value a curated app ecosystem" is that Apple's app reviewers greatly, greatly reduce the chance of malware or crapware winding up on consumers' devices. Few processes in practice are 100% effective. One, or a even few, failures does not indict the idea of curation, but rather, in my mind at least, reinforces its value. Of course, as others have mentioned, software protections of the Address Book would be nice, and are coming (though I'm not sure they would have stopped this app from doing its thing).