According to reports (here is one), Apple is sneakily installing MobileMe software when users set up iTunes 7.7. I came home tonight and double checked my desktop, and true enough, the dreaded MobileMe setting is in my Control Panel. No where during my iTunes 7.7 installation was I prompted about MobileMe.
Just yesterday I had to deal with a similar annoyance. Along with a Java update from Sun Microsystems came an option to install Google Toolbar for browsers. I was clicking so fast on the ‘Next’ buttons during installation that I accidentally allowed it to go through.
I guess it’s okay for media darlings such as Apple and Google to try this stunt. If Microsoft was to try this, I am sure it would have been sued to the last penny. And I am guessing the European Union would be the most raucous.
