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> If you install iTunes, it shouldn't go around installing other software. So iTunes shouldn't install software that makes listening to and buying music easie

• jasonlotito 16y ago
  > So iTunes shouldn't install software [without your knowledge or consent, or through deceitful means], that makes listening to and buying music easier? Correct. =)
  • mishmash 16y ago
    lol. Yeah if they would add a single extra step to the install process and Firefox would protect itself a little better, that all sounds reasonable. ;)
    • jasonlotito 16y ago
      Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Firefox already alert you on startup of newly installed Plugins? I mean, I don't imagine Mozilla wants to stop people from installing addons/plugins. Rather, they don't want them doing it behind a users back. If I installing something and specifically request it to install a plugin, I've already given it permission. Should Firefox handle installation, or should it be the OS? Do we really want Mozilla asking us every time to install something when we've already given our permission to install something?
      • mishmash 16y ago
        > Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Firefox already alert you on startup of newly installed Plugins? Eh sorry I don't know the answer, been a Safari/Chrome user for a while. From an end user POV, I think it would be okay to have both the OS permissions grab and a warning from Firefox that new plugins have been installed. You've already granted the original app (iTunes) permission to install whatever, but it wouldn't be much more of a hassle to have Firefox popup a confirmation box that new stuff has been installed (assuming it doesn't, or at least it didn't on the OP's system).
      • albemuth 16y ago
        That's one of things I hate the most about FF, just start the damn browser!