Re: iTunes: Apple's New Spyware and Adware Application?

["David Lodge" <dave () cirt net>]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:08:14 -0000, Richard M. Smith  
<rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:
> iTunes: Apple's New Spyware and Adware Application?

I knew there was a good reason to hate iTunes (other than the horrible  
interface; I think I'm the only person in the universe who doesn't like  
the OS X GUI and derivatives!)

To be honest I'm not surprised - Apple seem to like getting their name and  
stuff everywhere, cf Quicktime on Windows: you have to install iTunes  
along with it (though you can uninstall it separately) plus it puts a task  
in the registry to start up on reboot - *everytime you run it*. It's a  
sodding media player WTF would I want it to consume CPU cycles  
continuously!

dave, president of the "we hate Macs" club :-)
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