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 <i>reading</i> 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. <img src="{att_link}2010-02-07_1333.png" align="center" caption="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.