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

[Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () utc edu>]

Nick FitzGerald wrote:

> Real's media players do the same (and 
> have for a long time, as do scads of other popular apps that install 
> "update checkers" -- remove the frigging things from the various 
> startup locations they occupy then run the associated app and, if you 
> are running with sufficient privileges, the app "restores" the update 
> checker startup without missing a beat.
Hear, hear! 

Why can't the damned things check for updates *at*startup* and then go away.

Some also have "pre-loaders" to make the application launching 
"faster".  Get enough of those eating up enough memory and gee, it will 
take longer to load than it did in the first place.

Jeff
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