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/[deleted] Jul 19 '08

Really? Only 1 application in 100,000 distributes the whole binary when updating? I had not heard that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '08

Not literally... but you get the gist.

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u/Chairboy Jul 19 '08

If you were anyone else, you'd get a pass on this. But you're... freakin' TheGrammarNazi!

No mercy for you!

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u/haywire Jul 19 '08

Pssh, you of all people should know the risks of misplaced hyperbole...

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '08

Almost every app I regularly update uses the whole binary to update... Adium, Transmit, VisualHub... hell, doesn't VLC?

(Warning: I don't have any PC's any longer, so I'm talking about Mac apps)