Nevertheless, for MacOS users the world over, Apple's rapid point update to your operating system is very much recommended. This isn't a new approach by Apple, but the limitations of the approach are becoming more apparent this year. Whereas if you talk to security researchers in dealing with, say, Microsoft, they’ve said: ‘We’re gonna put our ego aside, and ultimately realise that the security researchers are reporting vulnerabilities that at the end of the day are benefiting our users, because we’re able to patch them.’ I don’t think Apple has that same mindset.” “ talk to any external security researcher, they’re probably not going to have a lot of great things to say about Apple.

Founder of Objective-See Patrick Wardle spoke to The Guardian's Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Alex Hern, Wardle notes now Apple's closed nature stands in stark contrast to other major companies and how this can be detrimental in the long term: There's no indication at present that the patched exploit in 11.5.1 is part of that package.

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