Hugene - 7:53 pm on Jan 15, 2010 (gmt 0)

Programs on PCs were never vetted and could always come from anywhere.

I didn't mean the boxed software you bought at stores. I meant the software you download as freeware, tryware of even paid on the Internet, for burning DVD, making backups, defragmenting, playing music, playing movies, etc...

Be it on Tucows, download.com, cnet or on the developer's website, you never really know what it comes with. You always have to read reviews, forums, run an anti-virus scan.

So what has changed? Because it's an "app" and not a "software"? Well it is still a software. Because it runs on a "mobile" and not a "PC"? Well a mobile is a PC.

Nothing has changed. G only needs to make it perfectly clear that they offer no warranties and that's it. If I was them I would be more careful obviously. Vetting would be preferable, but then we enter the territory of dictatorship that Apple is in. The line is very thin and easily cross-able once you see the power you have.