Comments on: New Apple Software Updater Appeases Critics, Kind of

By: Change

Change — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:14:06 +0000

Change wrote:
Man, I’m disappointed in Apple. They’re more ignorant than I thought.
I don’t know if ignorant is the right word. They know exactly what they are doing and surely hear about the complaints, but just want to drive their software as much as they can. So not really ignorant, just set in their ways.

I truly hope you're right, but I do think this will hurt their image more than they currently realize, especially in the long term.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:39:23 +0000

Change wrote:

Man, I’m disappointed in Apple. They’re more ignorant than I thought.

I don't know if ignorant is the right word. They know exactly what they are doing and surely hear about the complaints, but just want to drive their software as much as they can. So not really ignorant, just set in their ways.

Spuds wrote:

Not often that Apple gets criticized now is it.

Nope, not too often. But it just goes to show that there are other people besides the fanboys out there.

By: Spuds

Spuds — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:07:32 +0000

Not often that Apple gets criticized now is it.

By: PhoenixP3K

PhoenixP3K — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:20:12 +0000

Ever since a few versions of Quicktime ago, I noticed that new Apple Software Updater. I did not wish to have this program running so I uninstalled it.

Everytime I manually update Quicktime for new versions I uninstall the Apple Software Updater. I would of been SERIOUSLY upset if I was affected by this darn Safari download thing.

By: iynaix

iynaix — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:30:31 +0000

Omar Upegui wrote:

I was so upset at Apple’s rude marketing strategy, that I decided to uninstall “Apple Software Update” from my hard disk. Out!

Did the same... although I went one step further and got rid of quicktime as well. Quicktime alternative provides the same functionality and doesn't have all the nagging. Never did use itunes, found it horrendously sluggish and totally uncustomisable. Foobar2000 ftw! I'm never installing any apple software again as well. Talk about bloatware with the itunes installer at more than 30+MB whilst foobar is 2+MB and Safari above 20+MB while firefox is 5.7MB and opera is 6.35MB.

By: Change

Change — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:27:02 +0000

Man, I’m disappointed in Apple. They’re more ignorant than I thought.

By: Amak

Amak — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:09:24 +0000

Very true Ashley. But it seems that a majority hails Apple as a Saint and M$ as the Devil.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:36:40 +0000

Omar Upegui wrote:

I was so upset at Apple’s rude marketing strategy, that I decided to uninstall “Apple Software Update” from my hard disk. Out!

I wasn’t happy, but I didn’t go as far as to uninstall Apple’s Software Update. Now I’m wondering how many people got as frustrated as you and did the same thing!

Amak wrote:

And everyone said Apple was better than M$….

There are plenty of people on both sides of the fence, rooting for one or the other, don’t you think?

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:16:43 +0000

What I really hate is that when installing an Apple program if you uncheck the updater and tell it not to install it, the updater gets installed anyway. It completely ignores you, what is the point of having that option there in the first place?

By: StationStops.com

StationStops.com — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:19:32 +0000

The Apple updater is the most annoying updater of all time (ok, second only to the Adobe updater).

I pretty much consider installing an update a part of starting up iTunes at this point.