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Mozilla CEO Objects To Safari Auto Install
hairyfeet writes "Do you use iTunes on Windows? If so you may be getting the gift of Safari from Apple whether you want it or not, and Mozilla CEO John Lilly is not happy about it. After his daughter was offered Safari as a 'bonus update' with a recent update to her iTunes software, Mr. Lilly says on his blog, 'What Apple is doing now with their Apple Software Update on Windows is wrong. It undermines the trust relationship great companies have with their customers, and that's bad — not just for Apple, but for the security of the whole Web.' He also pointed out the check box is already clicked when you go to update meaning you have to opt out, not in and that it lists Safari as getting an update even if you don't have it installed." Update: 03/21 21:44 GMT by KD : Corrected the name of the Mozilla CEO; also linked directly to his blog.
apple sucks and so all of their products.
its just another greedy corporation.
Users should not be trained to click OK. In fact, that's exactly what's causing lots of iPod owners to suddenly have the Safari browser on their desktop. Users should be looking at the auto-update screen and saying, "Hmm. Does this look legitimate? Do I have this software on my computer? Why am I being prompted to update?"
Or do you think that spoofing of auto-update windows isn't ever going to be a threat? They already spoof "windows updates" in spam messages containing trojans.
Education and diligence is the key to safe computing. Users "not second-guessing themselves" before clicking OK is not.
The geek might see more than a 0.65% market share for Linux on the desktop if he could let go the ides that Windows is "forced" on anyone.
In Asia and Africa where pirated copies of Windows compete with Linux on the streets, it is Windows that wins.
While WalMart has been trying for years to make OEM Linux mass-market in the states. Lindows. Xandros. The Sun Java System. The gPC... None has gone the distance.
It is easier for the geek to trot out his shopworn conspiracy theories than to look at Window's strengths and successes more deeply and more honestly.
--- and Vista is not the failure the geek pretends: OS Platform Stats
Geez, it's not like bonzai buddy is being installed through Apple's software update. It's dodgy, sure, but the only reason you guys seem to be making a stink about it is because you're the "other" alternate browser guys. Most people who use iTunes don't know there are browsers other than IE - I'd go with say 60-70%. I know people who've never heard of Firefox, and would never bother downloading it because they see no point. They only downloaded IE7 because it was forced upon them (with no way to change back).
Apple is just using Microsoft tactics to open people's eyes about alternate browsers. It's brilliant, doing the same shit back to Microsoft they've been doing to everyone else for years. I can't believe you guys are all crying foul. This is the only way you can take on Microsoft, with similar tactics.