Mighty arrogant of Apple…
Mozilla CEO John Lilly says in his blog that it 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.
Joe Wilcox of Microsoft Watch describes the Apple Updater as a “Trojan Horse.”
Personally, I tend to agree with them. It’s mighty arrogant of Apple to push Safari to Windows users and package it as an “update.” True, the user has a choice to “uncheck” the selection box. But it’s still misleading.
Notice that Apple Updater terms it as an “update,” even if the user didn’t have Safari originally installed. Notice what the installer says: Select the items you wish to update. I don’t know about you, but when someone says “update,” I generally take it that some previous version exists.
March 22 2008 07:51 am | Microsoft and Software
