An Apple A Day Keeps the Foxes Away?
I was a bit surprised when iTunes tried to sneak a Safari installation along with my regular software update yesterday:
I just unchecked the little box next to the Apple browser and quit after installing the iTunes update. I imagine that most users will do the same, but Mozilla boss John Lilly is severely ticked off and lashed out at Apple’s obvious ploy to gain some ground on Firefox.
Of course, (Fake) Steve Jobs has his own hilarious take on the whole matter:
“…the real story here is that the Mozilla Foundation dresses itself up as a nonprofit but then runs a for-profit Mozilla Corp. that makes a frigload of money by sticking a Google search box in its browser.”
March 26th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Excellent article !
March 27th, 2008 at 12:47 am
yeah i know… bit ridiculous.. the only reason i use iTunes is that as yet there’s no Winamp plugin for my Touch… but this is too much on Apple’s part.. it goes on asking you several times and ignores the “ignore this update” checkbox. Just think… if MicroShaft had pulled this stunt, what a firestorm of criticism would be sweeping the Web…
March 27th, 2008 at 12:48 am
yeah…ther was a lot of criticism even for M$ in this aspect…..some time back they wer accused of downloading silent patches automatically even if ur automatic update setting was set to “notify”….M$ quickly clarified that it was an urgent update to the Automatic Updates feature in XP but tech circles wer hevily criticizing it as a serious breach of privacy…..
March 27th, 2008 at 12:48 am
inka dhada aise hi chalta hai!!
try to install windows xp on newer Hp pavillion that came with vista!! u will know how Hp is trying to push unpopular vista.!!
March 27th, 2008 at 2:01 am
okay, it gets better. When you’re installing Safari, you will get a license agreement window, right? And like most people, I usually hit ‘Agree’ without even trying to read it. But while I was installing Safari today, this part of the agreement happened to catch my eye: users are permitted to install the browser on no more than “a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.” This means that if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC, you’re violating the license.
Stupid, no? CHeck it out… http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/26/apple_safari_eula_paradox/