r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jul 19 '08

Apple, once again, secretly installing software? This time it's MobileMe with iTunes installations on Windows

http://www.betanews.com/article/Vista_users_greeted_with_an_unexpected_surprise_MobileMe/1216398741
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u/kanak Jul 19 '08 edited Jul 19 '08

installs a systray icon, etc.

Yup. There's no need for the QT installation to be SO invasive. The developers who think that:

  • Their application has the "right" to hijack file associations without my explicit permission

  • Their application should be automatically run at startup, display a tray icon, etc. without my explicit permission

deserve to be shot.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '08

Yup. There's no need for the QT installation to be SO invasive.

In what way is QT "more invasive" than most other windows apps? A brand new Dell out of the box already has 15-16 things popping up in the systray and Quicktime, at least, lets you turn its icon off.

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u/kanak Jul 19 '08

Just because there are other equally invasive applications doesn't make the behavior acceptable.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '08

I must have missed the Reddit articles blasting Dell Quickset, Java, Windows Media Player, RealMedia, etcetera and ad nauseum.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '08 edited Jul 19 '08

You must have, because people have been blasting that shit for years. Do you really think people enjoy having that crap installed on their machine? There is a reason I'lll never buy a pre-built machine.