Mozilla boss John Lilly says Apple’s inclusion of the Safari browser in iTune’s update software is comparable to methods used to distribute malware, and undermines the trust between software producers and their customers.
There’s an implicit trust relationship between software makers and customers in this regard: as a software maker we promise to do our very best to keep users safe and will provide the quickest updates possible, with absolutely no other agenda. And when the user trusts the software maker, they’ll generally go ahead and install the patch, keeping themselves and everyone else safe.
