Now that’s sad!

I think Mozilla’s CEO is jealous and feels threatened by the possibility that Safari will be installed in more PCs than Firefox is.

Those who think Apple is wrong are assuming that PC users are stupid. Of course, Mac Users tend to have a higher IQ, are more educated, and are more affluent than PC Users. But PC Users are not stupid. They have had to tolerate viruses. They have had to develop a paranoia about adware, malware, viruses, worms and other infectious software which degrade a PC’s performance. Thus they are alert about updates. It is a simple matter of unchecking Safari if one does not want it. DUH. Big deal.

The more Safari is installed and used, the less the grip and monopoly that Microsoft has on the PC World. Safari is the only browser to have an A+ rating on Acid3. It is the most standards compliant browser.

You have to fight fire-with-fire sometimes. Certainly Microsoft has done things that are far more nefarious and Borg-like. Just browsing the web using Internet Explorer is a huge invitation to install lots of malware on your PC. Various irritating search bars are examples of some software which can be loaded. Certainly adware can also be automatically downloaded.

This subject is a tempest in a molehill. The update is clearly marked and explained. The user has options – to install or not install.

Go Apple!
Booyah!

Gruber mentions that perhaps if it wasn’t automatically checked that most of this could have been avoided. I agree there as well, but I personally think the decision was intentionally. The same people that would benefit from not having it auto-checked as they rushed through the process are the same that would install it by default and benefit from the end result.

When you go to install, the button says: “Install 2 Items”

Now, I may be wrong, being a Mac user. But that seems to be pretty different than what everyone else does. I’m not sure I’m going “automatically” press that button without thinking, “Hm. Two items? Oh, there’s that Safari thing. Nah, I’m more than happy with Internet Explorer 6. Think I’ll turn it off.”