Comments on: Drive-By Downloads, Apple Style! http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/09/10/drive-by-downloads-apple-style/ Jason J. Thomas' Weblog: Now with more cowbell! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:18:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: jwer http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/09/10/drive-by-downloads-apple-style/comment-page-1/#comment-45373 jwer Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:29:16 +0000 http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/?p=1458#comment-45373 No better than Microsoft? Hell, they're no better than RealNetworks. No better than Microsoft? Hell, they’re no better than RealNetworks.

]]> By: JJT http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/09/10/drive-by-downloads-apple-style/comment-page-1/#comment-45372 JJT Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:36:02 +0000 http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/?p=1458#comment-45372 As for being the early adopter, I have no issues with that--you either have the problem now or then. Given my experience, I'm not too worried about that happening. I think I know my way around a system well enough to fix anything that may arise. The one issue I see, though, is dropping kernel-mode drivers known to cause issues on Windows boxes--like 8-year-old drivers known to be bad. Default checkboxes in the installer--sure, everyone does it. Dropping mobileMe on my machine without telling me? Sorry, I don't want your shitty cloud service, Apple. Once I decide to devote some time to it, I am seriously giving Winamp some thought. Of course, seeing that iTunes decided to gobble 340 MB of system memory while running overnight was, shall we say, a bit excessive. As for being the early adopter, I have no issues with that–you either have the problem now or then. Given my experience, I’m not too worried about that happening. I think I know my way around a system well enough to fix anything that may arise. The one issue I see, though, is dropping kernel-mode drivers known to cause issues on Windows boxes–like 8-year-old drivers known to be bad.

Default checkboxes in the installer–sure, everyone does it. Dropping mobileMe on my machine without telling me? Sorry, I don’t want your shitty cloud service, Apple.

Once I decide to devote some time to it, I am seriously giving Winamp some thought. Of course, seeing that iTunes decided to gobble 340 MB of system memory while running overnight was, shall we say, a bit excessive.

]]> By: Paul http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/09/10/drive-by-downloads-apple-style/comment-page-1/#comment-45369 Paul Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:48:52 +0000 http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/?p=1458#comment-45369 And this is why you never install new software right away, let some other poor person experience the pain. Then you can come along later and install or not as a informed consumer. I normally wait a week or more to install system/application updates. However iTunes was an exception. No early reports of issues on the OS X side so I made the plunge. And actually the Genius feature helped me find a couple albums from artists I didn't know had put older stuff on ITMS and/or had released anything new. As for checking boxes by default and installing software you didn't ask for or even want Apple is far from being alone in that regard. And this is why you never install new software right away, let some other poor person experience the pain. Then you can come along later and install or not as a informed consumer. I normally wait a week or more to install system/application updates.

However iTunes was an exception. No early reports of issues on the OS X side so I made the plunge. And actually the Genius feature helped me find a couple albums from artists I didn’t know had put older stuff on ITMS and/or had released anything new.

As for checking boxes by default and installing software you didn’t ask for or even want Apple is far from being alone in that regard.

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