Apple is currently locked in a legal battle with Epic Games. During the ongoing battle on Wednesday, Apple head of software, Craig Federighi stated that he is not pleased with the amount of harmful software and malware present for macOS. He stated that the ability to install software from the internet on Macs is regularly exploited. Whereas, iOS has a considerably higher bar for customer protection. Also Read - Android 12 Beta First Impressions: Google finally delivers
“Today, we have a level of malware on the Mac that we don’t find acceptable and that is much worse than iOS,” Federighi said. This is important in the case, as Epic Games is looking for Apple to allow users to install alternative app stores on their iOS devices similar to macOS. Epic Games arguing this states that Apple can easily apply all macOS software installation policies and security mechanisms to iOS, for keeping its users secure. Also Read - Google Phone gets caller ID announcement feature, similar to iOS
iOS is much more secure
Replying to this, Federighi said that the user base of the Mac is about one-tenth the user base of the iPhone, due to which Apple wants it to be much more secure. He also added that Apple found and removed about 130 different kinds of malware on Macs last year, compared to only three kinds of malware on the iPhone. Also Read -
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