What Windows does and what the NY Times writes about is irrelevant. I'm talking about the situation with iOS and the App Store. Apple has taken it upon themselves to create and promote a platform where the user shouldn't have to worry about whether a particular app is siphoning their private photos off to some server. Giving an app permission to access location data should
never allow that same app indiscriminate access to your photo library. End of story.
Just so you know, I'm not a Windows or Android fan. I am a long-time Mac user, and I also very much like the elegance and simplicity of iOS. But I will not defend Apple blindly. I applaud much of what Apple does, even defend them from time to time against some of the prejudiced nonsense that gets thrown around by religious tech zealots (I'll avoid mentioning any specific platforms here!)but from time to time I am also critical of Apple.
Do I hold Apple to a high standard? Sure. How do you think Apple has been able to produce so many amazing products over the years? Largely because of one man who held the company to impossible standards. He's gone now, but surely us customers can continue to honour that tradition.