It's crapware. It apparently spies on the user. The company even stated that they thought not collecting personal information was "outside the norm."
That may be true but, seriously, let's be honest with ourselves here. Apple spies on us, Google spies on us, tons of things we think are useful and helpful are because someone "spied" on us. That doesn't mean it's right but that does mean that saying it's crapware because of that isn't really a valid argument when I'm sure you don't think iTunes is crapware.
If you do think iTunes is crapware then that's fine, this is crapware as well but I've long since believed that if you don't want someone knowing something about you on the internet don't do it - someone or something is always going to be able to log who you are, where you're from etc etc etc.
Yes you'll be able to watch games on ESPN3. I watched World Cup games on my Droid and the picture clarity was great. It doesn't always work but some video is better than none and until HTML5 is widely used it is a great alternative.
Sounds interesting, but I can save 3 bucks by either going to my computer if I really want to see something or I can just wait for Apple to include this technology or I can wait until sites stop using Flash.
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I just bid good riddance to flash. I was horrified the day I discovered about flash cookies. It's the complete lack of transparency that concerns me.
Excellent point. I only found out about Flash cookies a month ago myself and I was HORRIFIED! Typical underhand Adobe behaviour.
Anyways... I got that Cookie Manager program from the Apple Downloads section and all is right in the world again.
I don't get the hate for this.
It's crapware. It apparently spies on the user. The company even stated that they thought not collecting personal information was "outside the norm."
It's crapware. It apparently spies on the user. The company even stated that they thought not collecting personal information was "outside the norm."
That may be true but, seriously, let's be honest with ourselves here. Apple spies on us, Google spies on us, tons of things we think are useful and helpful are because someone "spied" on us. That doesn't mean it's right but that does mean that saying it's crapware because of that isn't really a valid argument when I'm sure you don't think iTunes is crapware.
If you do think iTunes is crapware then that's fine, this is crapware as well but I've long since believed that if you don't want someone knowing something about you on the internet don't do it - someone or something is always going to be able to log who you are, where you're from etc etc etc.
That's all I wanna know.
Yes you'll be able to watch games on ESPN3. I watched World Cup games on my Droid and the picture clarity was great. It doesn't always work but some video is better than none and until HTML5 is widely used it is a great alternative.