FileMakerFeller

You can bet your bottom dollar that some developer was overruled by a "product manager" when the topic of security defaults came up. Their "example user" is probably someone who "can't be trusted to remember a password" and so some bright spark decides that such complexity shouldn't be forced on customers because "Apple makes things simple, so we should too." Apple also refuses to compromise on security, nimrod.

lmasanti said:

This is a crazy world! Now Apple's App Store is the ‘good guy’! Wonderful.

And, as usual, developers cand develop a full platform like Roblox and earn all the money they want!

Pointing out that things are worse elsewhere does not make Apple the "good guy" - but it does add more information that deserves consideration when deciding whether or not Apple should be forced to modify its behaviour, and what those modifications should be.

Having watched that video, Roblox deserves to be sued into oblivion. Banning it from the App Store based on the allegations of child abuse would not be out of character for Apple, and no doubt there's something in the terms and policies agreements with developers that would cover it.

mikethemartian said:

Apple’s commitment to privacy is as reliable as Ming’s promise not to blast Dale Arden into space.

I'm not sure you understand the reasons why he was called "The Merciless"

Pretty sure there's prior art to destroy these patents. In the 1990s there was research around monitoring a user's typing habits to try and identify if someone else was logging in to the account; that sounds like creating a signature to me.

elijahg said:

Apple is a $2tn company. It really needs to stop introducing so many "magical" next best things and then abandoning them. That's what startups do when they haven't the man power. Apple definitely has the manpower.

Alternatively, Apple should continue innovating and listening to the market to see if what they've done is worth further investment.