other than stuff befalling jailbroken devices
This is the important part. Walled gardens are inherently more secure, it has nothing to do with Apple's competence.
AND they were pillaged by a pair of VC firms to the tune of somewhere around $700 Million
Can you provide a citation for this? I would like to rebut a friend of mine who is blaming this all on the union.
Windows is no longer the 800 lb gorilla - Apple iOS is.
iOS is 2nd in market share in mobile just like Apple is 2nd in market share on desktop. How does coming in 2nd in every market they touch make them the "800 lb gorilla"?
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