A Gentle Note To Apple

There are many people who truly believe that Apple computers and Apple iPods (and now iPhones) are God's gift to all of creation.

Bull.

My son has been blocked from syncing his iPod to his computer until he downloads and installs more than 60 Megs worth of updates, apparently to accommodate the new iPhone. Which he doesn't have and (if I have my way, never will).

Smooth move, Apple. That and the crashes caused by unstoppable automatic updates from Apple are rather tiresome. And the automatic install of Quicktime - even when you decline it - is sleazy.

(Incidentally, my son says he does not want a darn thing to do with the iPhone after all the fun we're having with Apple software right now. All he wanted to do was rip a couple of songs to his iPod - then this ensued. He is not amused.)