That iTunes Update…

I updated to shiny new iTunes today. This isn’t a review of iTunes so apologies if that’s what you were expecting. I got as far as opening it up and it told me I needed to be running the latest version of Safari in order to access the iTunes Store.

Obviously I’m aware I’m on the special Mac Fanboy list so don’t want to dent that too much, and while I don’t understand (or haven’t Googled) the technicalities of this particular update it doesn’t feel quite right. For me Chrome is the browser that works best for that job, do I really need to also install their web browser to use their media player? I do think iTunes is definitely the best tool for that particular job, and in general have nothing but praise for Apple. But…

I read a really good article on the BBC website earlier about the history of Internet Explorer. Remember how it shipped with Windows and was pretty much impossible to get rid of?