On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:21:09 GMT, Steve wrote:

Just like anything else, the ability to do updates can certainly be
abused. You don't have to be a beta tester if you don't want to be.
Just don't be an early adopter.

Updates my ass. It's a way to spy on what you are watching and
listening to. A lot of the slowness is directly related to putting
data into memory for future transfer when it calls home.

Think iTunes. :)