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That is the common response to my complaints.

The problem is this: what part of the process I described has anything to do with security? As far as I can tell, nothing. Apple's review process is pretty superficial and is entirely geared towards stuff like making sure nobody ships a browser that doesn't use WebKit, or an app that posts information about drone strikes. Getting something malicious past the gatekeepers is completely trivial. It's building the malicious stuff in the first place that's the hard part.



If you believe that arbitrary browser code running arbitrary website code doesn't weaken security, then I don't know what to say except I disagree.


Weaken it more than having everybody use the same proprietary build of WebKit? No, I don't think it does.




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