Today’s Edition of ‘Good Luck With That’

Stuart Sumner for Computing:

Apple cannot continue to lock down its iOS platform and restrict the types of software developed for it, says security firm Kaspersky’s CTO Nikolay Grebennikov.

Speaking to Computing, he said: “Apple simply can’t continue with its current closed approach, and in my opinion, to remain competitive it should be looking to open up its platform within a year.”

“The Android platform, which is growing its market share, is much more open than the Apple iOS and it’s easier to create new applications for Android, including security software,” said Grebennikov.

MacDailyNews’s translation:

“We wish Apple would make its platform insecure like Google, so that we can sell ‘security’ to hundreds of millions of iOS users.”

★ Friday, 17 June 2011