In using Apple Software Update to slip his Safari browser onto millions of Windows PCs, Steve Jobs didn’t just undermine “the security of the whole Web”. He’s made a mockery of end user licensing agreements.
As spotted by our Italian friends at setteB.IT, Apple’s Safari license says that users are permitted to install the browser on no more than “a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.” This means that if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC, you’re violating the license.
Yeah I noticed this little Apple update poping up every time I turn my machine on asking me to install Safari. I don’t want Safari and I wish the popup would leave me alone, but no matter how many times I say no it keeps coming back to bother me…
Nice one Apple!
I installed Safari, not knowing about the license limitation. I started to use it but rapidly found that it hangs when you run BBC iPlayer in full screen mode. So even if it faster (as they claim) I won’t be using it until they fix that bug.
I use iTunes because I have an iPod and can’t really use anything else and iTunes loves to hang every now and again. If I minimise it as well sometimes it just refuses to come back!