More iTunes bloat

I really like iTunes, I do really, but I find myself on a reasonably pleasant Friday afternoon writing negatively about it.

My problem this time is yet another expansion of its scope. This expansion, in my opinion, goes beyond what iTunes does and moves it steadily into the arena of bloatware.

This time I’m talking about the bundling of MobileMe stuff into iTunes 7.7.

It’s not an optional install, it just gets deployed, without warning and without question.

Is this just Apple arrogance – “Why wouldn’t you want my software?”

Speaking as an enterprise IT person this would make iTunes a real problem within a secure corporate environment. I might not mind my employees using iTunes for their media, but why would I want them synchronising information outside the firewall. If I want to lock down this capability I need to take some special measures.

MobileMe might even be great software, I just don’t want it thrust down my throat.

Like I say, I like iTunes, but…