I love an Apple pile-on as much as the next guy, but this really isn't that controversial. Apple doesn't want you needlessly gathering info (including tracking

I love an Apple pile-on as much as the next guy, but this really isn't that controversial. Apple doesn't want you needlessly gathering info (including tracking info, which is personal info, so "just" a username and password would count). The only things you can put behind a user/pass wall are things that require account-based tracking. Apple's letter was pretty clear about this.