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- NtroP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This seemed like an honest mistake to me. They thought they'd be able to provide a helpful service that would expose people to new music (in the hopes that they'd buy it). I actually discovered a new band that I now love and have purchased many songs from when the iTMS recommended them to me while I was purchasing other music based on my past purchases. I see this as just an extension of that only now I don't have to purchase all the music I've ripped from CD's or downloaded for the recommendations to more closely match what I really like.
What I see here is that they didn't expect the community sentiments would be like this, but as soon as they heard the feedback they changed it. That's a responsible way of handling it, in my book. I still have the feature enabled on my iTunes, but I can see why others wouldn't want it. This is kind of like the way I'd download a tune off P2P and then browse the hosts providing it to see if they had other tunes that I might like. Only now it happens for me automagically in iTunes. I spend a lot less time on Acquisition now. - conigs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@chupatumama:
is this what you were looking for?
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html
There's the "Download with iTunes" section (which takes up half the page), the "Upgrade" section which takes up the upper quarter, then a host of links in it's own section, and an iPod ad right below that.
Stop making it sound like the only way to get QuickTime alone for Windows is to buy the Pro version.
(I just showed the page to a few people around the office and asked them if they could find where to get QuickTime sans iTunes..... didn't take them long, and they didn't think they had to buy it.) - tfaz1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Apple placed a button prominently in the iTunes window that closes the MiniStore and disables any collecting of information. But then sites like these blew up with morons who either couldn't figure out how to turn it off or just wanted to bitch because now Apple knew how much they loved the Backstreet Boys. So now they "fixed" this by adding a message for all the idiots.
I, for one, like the MiniStore. I get most of my music via BitTorrent and it has actually turned me on to some new artists to look for. - stpatrick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A nice responsible move from Apple. Sony could definitely learn something here...
- Mwd500, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Its not needless, its one of the only ways customers can change things. Its just ashame we have to keep looking out for these things and cant trust a new install of software wont compromise us in some way. They never should have sent our apple ID.
- conigs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I find it funny that when this first appeared on digg, the thread was filled with "how dare they!" "privacy" "grumble, gumble, grumble" comments, but now that they actually put up a notice to resolve the issue, there's barely any comments....
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"http://amarok.kde.org/
that's all I have to say..."
ahh, the linux crazy. - Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"I have a buddy who is a shop monkey for a small computer store and he says that almost everyone who brings in their Win systems have the two .exe from Itunes in the background."
So what? Maybe they run iTunes and/or have an iPod. I have the two exe files running in the background. Why? Because I have an iPod. And when I plug it in, I want iTunes to start up and sync the thing. That's what those programs *do*. - bloodrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0also ther is a option in 6.2 where even if its runing you can turn it off. and stays off.
- katanna, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Good move on their part!
Matthew - sandrino, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Maybe the needless whining will stop now.
- boombashi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Apple already has your "Apple ID" when activate and deactivate you computer or buy music. It's funny how Napster and all those other BS subscription stores have to "authenticate" you all the time. Who freakin cares if their servers use your play habits to recommend music through their mini store. It is actually a feature to a lot of us, I like to learn about new music and podcasts and what not...Amazon.com has been doing that for years.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nice of Apple to placate an insanly paranoid minority so quickly.
- dBass, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Now I can finally sleep at night!
- abhibeckert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Seems like an honest mistake to me. The ministore is a cool feature, the only problem was turning it on by default.
Nice to see a company that responds to complaints. - cyclotron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The real reason people are freaked is because they dont want their piracy found... It makes sense to transmit the ID so you know where to send the information back to. Whether they use an ID, IP, MAC address its all going to be tied to your name. It also helps determine where to store the shopping cart content...
- xNaquada, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0sup[rise suprise.
apple blows MS blows EA blows.... all these big companies just want to datamine and sell information
Check out EA NHL2006 [ps2]... read about the subscription being "paid" by ESPN in exchange for personal information which they can sell or do wat they want/ - Chupatumama, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Honest mistake? Doubt it.
They use all the sleazy techniques other companies do.
Here is an example, go to http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html
to download Quicktime WITHOUT Itunes.
Notice that if you want to DL just the Quicktime the link ISNT below the Free side which is on the left but on the right side under the paying version.
You think that was an honest mistake too?
I have a buddy who is a shop monkey for a small computer store and he says that almost everyone who brings in their Win systems have the two .exe from Itunes in the background (no comments please about how stupid computer users are, they cant all be geeks who play 6 hours a day online).
Placement and surfing tendencies are very important on a web page. Accidental, they are not.
>What I see here is that they didn't expect the community sentiments would be like this, but as soon >as they heard the feedback they changed it. That's a responsible way of handling it, in my book
I guess Sony could say the exact same thing. The only difference between both is how you perceive it to be. Just like when a cop would see a white teenager or black/latino teenager running down the street, one would be perceived differently than the other.
Sony: a responsible way of handling things. - Trigonometron, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0This is not digg-worthy
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