Linux didn't have that problem, a single vendor did. You could say the same for Apple except they are the single vendor. That stupid security trick in Ubuntu only impacts subset of a subset of Linux _desktop_ users which is a pretty small subset of computer users as a whole. When Apple does something like this, it impacts a much larger share of the world population.
So how about we keep the snark to an appropriate level based on the impact to the world population? ;)