iTunes 6.0.2 is NOT spying on you.

[NetRyder]

So it looks like this is opt-in now...

Apple has changed the way iTunes works so that users are given the chance to decline the iTunes Ministore, a service that gathers detailed information about your listening habits and transmits it to Apple along with a number that uniquely identifies you.

The new version of the iTunes 6.0.2 installer pops up this screen before turning on the MiniStore:

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/18/apple_changes_itunes.html

Problem solved. Everyone's happy.

 

[Mastershakes]

ahhhhhh the power of the internet prevails.

 

[SPeedY_B]

Not like there was ever a problem in the first place, but I'd say that what they've done is a pretty perfect solution. 🙂