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Apple does listen

Published by marco on

Ever since Apple starting shipping software on the Windows platform—before iTunes, Apple’s presence was considerably smaller—users have complained of its rather aggresive installation policy. If you wanted Quicktime, the Apple site offered Quicktime+iTunes; when you installed iTunes, you were asked whether you wanted Safari. Though extra software could all be avoided by reading before installing, the fact is that most users simply accept the defaults. In Apple’s defense, their checkboxes were always more obvious than some of the sneaky techniques used by open-source installers to install Google toobar (for example). At any rate, users without iPods ended up with iTunes installed and Firefox users mysteriously had a Safari icon on their desktops.

Recent versions of the Apple Software updater, however, have now changed this policy, as shown in the screenshot below.

 Apple Software Update Window

Even without thinking or reading, a user will no longer simply end up with Safari and iTunes installed on their machine. Both items are now opt-in—and Quicktime without iTunes is even back as an explicit option.