Doesn’t it seem as thought companies are getting more bold in their privacy invasion practices?  What we won’t give up for perceived convenience…

As noted at TUAW, iTunes 6.0.2 contains a new feature: the MiniStore. It’s neat, at first. Sort of.

But not really.

Each
time you play a different song, the MiniStore features information
about the artist currently playing, as well as “Listeners Also Bought…”
Here’s a full size capture
of Apple marketing in action: as you can see, I’m playing Mary J. Blige
covering U2’s “One”, and the MiniStore shows other albums from Mary J.
Blige and U2.

Link: since1968.com: iTunes Update: Apple’s Looking Over Your Shoulder.