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Apple Spams iPhone Users With MobileMe Ad

blog.wired.com — When you plug in your iPhone, iTunes fills up its window with an advertisement offering a free 60-day MobileMe trial. Fortunately, after clicking "No Thanks" the ad doesn't reappear every time you connect your iPhone (from my testing, at least).

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  • geoken, on 07/29/2008, -0/+4iTunes = RealPlayer: The Next Generation
  • phore, on 07/29/2008, -0/+3You'd think they'd spam us with a product that actually worked.

    Apple really needs to rethink their strategy. People who buy their products tend to not like being spammed. I enjoyed my Macbook out of the box since it didn't come with any bloatware.
  • FredFredrickson, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2The bigger they get, the worse they'll get.
  • MacParrot, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2As long as it truly DOESN'T return after clicking no thanks I don't see the harm. Apple has been spanked before about its "opt-out" nonsense when Windows users used Software Update.

    If someone says no thanks, that should be the end of it.
  • somethinspecial, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1It might be worth trying once the MobileMe service is actually reliable. I'll save my 60-day trial until then.
  • totorototoro, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1Weird, when does this show up? During the interminable "backing up iPhone" stage? Or the syncing Contacts, etc. stage? I honestly haven't noticed it. Yet. Do you need the Mini-Store activated?
  • pyrates, on 07/29/2008, -1/+1Apparently it does keep asking you to sign up when you click no thanks. A comment from the article:

    Posted by: vaxorcist | Jul 28, 2008 12:23:22 PM

    I've gotten it a few times, so it's not just a one time annoyance in my experience. What makes it all the more offensive, is that I ALREADY have a .Mac--oops, I mean MobileMe--subscription. Shouldn't my computer know this???

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