I actually think you have it all wrong. For while malicious applications can do all sorts of nefarious things they are still individual actors. I think at this

I actually think you have it all wrong. For while malicious applications can do all sorts of nefarious things they are still individual actors. I think at this point while we all detest the extremes of marketing the more pressing concern has to do with state sanctioned surveillance which would be much more feasible with such a centralized service as provided by Apple. I truly find your comment disingenuous and suspect as you only mention apparent malware and virii while the tone I infered from the article seemed a little more nuanced.