Apple has announced that it found a serious security flaw in OS X and said it had fixed it. However it seems that Apple's love has not extended to customers who do not rush out and buy the latest hardware and run its latest software.

If you aren't running Yosemite, which was updated yesterday with the relevant patch, then Apple does not think you are worth bothering about.

The flaw enables nefarious types to get root access to your system by exploiting a backdoor in the system preferences app. Any hacker to make themselves the administrator of your Appleware and can listen to your Coldplay collection and steal all your porn.

Apple said it will not make the fix work for Mavericks and Mountain Lion users because of the "complexity of the fix."

Besides if you were a real Apple customer you would bankrupt yourself to upgrade your hardware and software every time Apple tells you. It is only Microsoft users who expect security updates on ancient hardware.

The flaw was discovered by security researcher Emil Kvarnhammar at TrueSec in October, but has actually existed since at least 2011.

Of course the Tame Apple Press® are not blasting Apple for treating its customers badly – instead it is saying that you should upgrade to the newest version of OS X – because it is free.

Of course if your Appleware is too old to take the new OS then you will have to buy some new hardware. So Apple is using its own security flaws to drive users to buying new gear. Still you get what you pay for.