> It’s pretty easy to brand security researchers as malicious if you don’t like them.

OK.

But it's in Apple's interest to work with them. Because the alternative is that the 0-day exploits get sold to companies or countries that aren't Apple.

No such synergistic relationship exists between Apple and spyware vendors.

Just because it is in Apple's interest to work with security researchers does not mean they do so. Many such cases.

Of Apple suing security researchers?