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Story: Firefox chief fumes over Apple Safari update

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Sneeky Apple

Safari uptake on PC was unlikely to be significant and this move by Apple doesn't surprise me in that I expected it to be bundled in with itunes just as they did with quicktime. I never wanted iTunes but when they started forcing on me with quicktime I had no choice. Now I love iTunes but that is not the point.

At least with the iTunes bundling it only occured when I went to download/install quicktime a new. Bundling safari with a security update is going too far.

Even if it was given as an option entirely on it's own so that users could say hey I think I'll give that a go or choose to dismiss. Instead it is smuggled in along with a security update and ticked by default so the average user used to seeing Apple updates will just click ok without realising what they have just agreed to.

Installing an entirely new app rather than a security fix or even an added feature to an existing app is closer to Malware than a update. Apple are taking advantage of a delivery system that users believe is set up to protect them by ensuring the latest fixes for their known software - not as a delivery system for Apple to push out any software it chooses - especially not one that is barely out of beta and could compromise a users system.

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