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by zepto 1900 days ago
Obviously not, because the Mac has only ever had minor sales relative to the PC even, and minuscule compared to iOS.

It’s never been a serious target.
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Apocryphon 1900 days ago
Your Apple bashing is really quite tiresome. Macs are serious machines and have grown in leaps and bounds over the past two decades. Are you seriously saying the de facto development platform for Silicon Valley startups, as well as the home for Apple Silicon, is no longer a “serious target”? No need to shill for Windows here.
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zepto 1900 days ago
It’s not a serious target for App Store scams, or scam software in general, because the user base is tiny compared to iOS.

I think you know this.

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Apocryphon 1900 days ago
Actually, the Mac App Store has received its share of scams.

https://www.howtogeek.com/281849/dont-be-fooled-the-mac-app-...

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/mac-app-store-scam-apps

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zepto 1899 days ago
And ransomware and botnets too: https://www.avg.com/en/signal/mac-ransomware-remove-protect

Fortunately iOS users don’t have those problems because of the security model that you are so quick to dismiss.

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Apocryphon 1899 days ago
https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-emerging-threats-ios-...

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-app-store-malware-click-fr...

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zepto 1899 days ago
As anyone who clicks on those links can see, those are neither Ransomware nor Botnets, so it’s not obvious what point you are trying to make.

Hard to see how you think such links support your argument for dismissing the security model.

Also of note - the central App Store was used to fix these problems.

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ksec 1900 days ago
> because the user base is tiny compared to iOS.

One Tenth. Or 100M+ User with lots of room to grow.

I wouldn't use tiny to describe it, even in comparative sense.

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pentae 1899 days ago
Especially considering the value of the userbase and the fact theres millions of PC's propping up 'marketshare' that aren't even being used as personal computing devices (retail displays/signage, corporate/government pc's)
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zepto 1899 days ago
If you are executing a scam why on earth would you pick the market that is one tenth the size?
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ksec 1899 days ago
>If you are executing a scam why on earth would you pick the market that is one tenth the size?

Because that user base are worth more than per user than the others?

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zepto 1899 days ago
Paying for expensive apps is one thing, falling for scams is another.
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