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I'm using Windows, OS X and Linux for 30+ years, didn't have a virus or a malware or anything else.

The last time I had a virus was on my Amiga which I got at a copy party in the Netherlands.

I think it is perfectly fine that you want the security from the Apple store and pay 30% on top for this, but why should I pay those 30%? It's not some kind of insurance that works better the more people take it.

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> I'm using Windows, OS X and Linux for 30+ years, didn't have a virus or a malware or anything else.

Sure, neither did I, but Apple also has to provide a secure platform to my dad, my grandparents or any other non-tech-savvy person that will wreak havoc on any fresh Windows installation in record time.

Yes, and they can pay 30% for the anti-virus and anti-malware service, if they want too.

But why should I pay for a service that I dont want or need?

Because you have chosen an anti-consumer company?

After 20y of Apple with a Mac Cube, XServes, XSANs, first ipod, first ipad, Webcams, Airports, Mac Minis, first iPhone, first MacBookPro, many MacBookPros after that, iPods, iMacs, iMac Pros, iPhones, filling departments with Apple products as CTO in several companies, I no longer buy Apple because since some years they do not care about developers any more - it's no longer the same company as with Steve.

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