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Disable iTunes 6.0.2's MiniStore
Considering rumours like this happen every time a new Apple product comes out, I find it really disappointing that this one came from here. Normally MacOSXHints has the sense to double-check it's facts before making bold statements like this; a call to arms like this just seems like an unsightly blemish on the professionalism that we usually find here.
Disable iTunes 6.0.2's MiniStore
This isn't just a "non-issue", this borders on defamation. The implication that Apple was "spying" was flat-out wrong. To be honest, I'm surprised this article is even still up. If you want to still highlight the real abilities of the MiniStore, I would take this down and put up a correct article rather than waiting for Google to spread "iTunes Spyware" all over the Internet.Talk about an reverse over-reaction. Defamation? Don't be an a*s. Regardless of whether you care or not, this is spying. It's an option that is enabled by default and sends private (to many, or most people) information back to a remote server. That's spying. End of story. Some people, like yourself, don't care. Fine. Let the option be disabled by default, with an explanation the first time you enable it. Personally, I won't even be upgrading to 6.0.2 until everything is well understood. I find "features" like this filthy, and I buy plenty of Apple hardware....
Disable iTunes 6.0.2's MiniStore
Yup, it's spying, because they didn't ask for the info, or even sneak a phrase into the User Agreement saying you now agree to share the info.
Disable iTunes 6.0.2's MiniStore
Let the option be disabled by default, with an explanation the first time you enable it.Wow, looks like I called the exact solution, huh? :-) Given their solution, and how quickly it was employed, I'll give them the benefit of doubt and suggest that it was an "honest mistake", and move on. But it does seem odd that this can be done "remotely", without any update to the code itself. At least not unless you had to be logged in or something. Anyone else think it's odd that a feature can be "turned off" by Apple remotely? Doesn't this imply that they can "turn ON" another feature remotely at will???? Anyone have any insights into this?
update to Mini Store to make it opt-in
But it does seem odd that this can be done "remotely", without any update to the code itself.It's not so surprising once you realize that the Music Store (and Mini Store) functionality in iTunes is just a specialized web browser. The content (what you see inside the borders of the content area) is HTML downloaded from the Apple servers. So all that was needed to change it was to change the server-side code. The hooks to hide & show the Mini Store were already in iTunes. |
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