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Apple fix iTunes Ministore howler...

Posted January 18, 2006 4:45 PM.

Presumably bowing to pressure, Apple have changed the way that their new integrated ministore functions in iTunes so that now it's 'opt-in' rather than 'opt-out if you can'. I posted about this situation in a subtly titled post a few days ago - Cynicism and Stupidity at the iTunes Music Store - but it was Boing Boing and affiliates who really mounted up the pressure after receiving tips and analyses from people like Marc. I don't really have a lot more to say on the subject - I'm relatively comfortable with the solution (although I still think it's a bit of a missed opportunity). I just thought I should update you guys.

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Please stay on-topic, informative and polite. I reserve the right to remove comments for whatever vague capricious reasons seem reasonable at the time.

The original implementation was a bit of a shock, but never really a concern. The new opt-in is not just a good way to explain what that damn box is and how to close it, but it's what they should have done from the start.

Even Apple makes mistakes!

→ Posted by: eric gideon at January 18, 2006 6:25 PM

Wow.

This is good news for Martin & co at last.fm.

:)

→ Posted by: anil at January 18, 2006 8:08 PM

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