Interesting, but not surprising, that some of the very same people applauding MacOS devices as being more protective against malware are now saying that it is no big deal because everybody gets malware.
Underneath it all is the reality that the issue of "security" (or sense of security) is more of a marketing differentiator than a substantive difference. All this talk of Intel vs. AS, Windows vs. MacOS is the type of schoolyard trash-talk that these companies love... but is of no value to consumers.
By using (apparently not so) common sense practices the danger of being infected by malware is very low regardless of OS. Or perhaps to a finer point, using these common sense practices makes the differences in susceptibility to malware based on the OS much smaller.
I have a bunch of old systems... including some still running WinXP and Win 7 that all connect to the internet. None of them have been infected. With all the work I do using various systems over the years, I only encountered a virus once... that was about 25 years ago.
Now if someone wants to claim that these modern desktop operating systems are themselves a virus, they will get no argument from me.
Regardless of what our preferred OS or hardware manufacturer is, let's not succumb to fear-mongering when making purchasing decisions.
