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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by sneak on Thursday March 21, 2024 @04:10PM (#39783773)
> macOS has proven for decades that a reasonably proprietary OS can be distributed and kept reasonably secure when apps are installed on it outside of an App Store.

That’s not really true. Despite the dangers of centralized app censorship, the state of security on iOS is far beyond that of macOS.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by astrange on Thursday March 21, 2024 @05:22PM (#39784567)
iOS also has even more security threats, because a phone is in your pocket and has GPS, and your laptop isn't.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by intrasight on Friday March 22, 2024 @12:56AM (#39787594)
Also, macOS has like 13% market share vs 60% for iOS - in USA.
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