Why is Apple allowing Omniture to track on their sites?

I talked to Apine support about why they didn't recommend blocking Omniture on the Apple website. They said blocking it would effect functionality. So why is Aplle allowing this company to track us?
BTW I went ahead an blocked Amniture and haven't noticed any loss of function yet.

I think you may misunderstand what Omniture does. The Omniture code thats on the Apple site is for a tool called SiteCatalyst, which its owned by Adobe. (Adobe bought Omniture and is in the process of eliminating the Omniture brand name)
Adobe SiteCatalyst (Omniture) is a tool that Apple has decided to include on their site for the sole purpose of helping them better understand their visitors experience. Thats it. Apple will be the only who will have access to or do anything with that data. Its all totally anonymous information, and will never given to or sold to anyone by Adobe. All of the collected data is typically consumed in aggregate. Looking at what a single person did on the site is not really usefull information for the owner of the site. But when looking at what all the visitors did for a specific day/week/month, Apple will begin to see trends in visitor behavior. Analyzing these trends will help them make decisions on changes that should be made to the site for the purpose of improving the visitors experience.

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when i restart, the process starts all over again- not where it left off so will fail again!

Only Apple knows why they do what they do. You could send them feedback and at least let them know of your issue.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
Beyond that if you have a laptop perhaps you have a friend's better wifi you can use? Or maybe if you have an apple store nearby make an appointment and take it there to be updated.

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Why wont apple allow me to purchase chips/coins for games

I don't know. Maybe you could tell us what you are seeing to make you think this.
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iTunes Customer Service Contact - http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact.html > Get iTunes support via Express Lane > iTunes > iTunes Store

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Apple saw it as their responsibility since the redirection took me to the App Store. They assisted me in stopping the redirection which is occurring on many peoples iPhones. It's a have java script problem that adking is using to get you to buy their games. The websites work normal and then all of the sudden the website is taken over by adking.com. You can no longer use the website as it immediately takes you to the App Store without ever showing a popup to cancel the redirection. They were very helpful fixing the problem should others experiencing this specifically with adking.com.
No need to get defensive. I'm not the only one experiencing the problem Apple said.

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Since Apple doesn't typically publicize decisions such as this in advance, no one here can tell you that.
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Why did apple remove the combine tracks option in importing settings

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Hoping for some answers?

Why : http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ . Plus it would be up to Adobe to make a version of their flash player that works on iOS devices - something which they have never managed to do and which they have now given up on trying to do.
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worst latest iOS on iphone4, hardware and software combination is worst, let apple provide the older version of iOS or else let them give me a new iphone latest mobile

they have to ship me free latest iphone.
Ha ha ha ha ha!!!! Dream on!!

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I've been using Firefox for about a decade now, and I've always preferred it to the built in IE software. However, for the last year (or more) I have suffered more and more issues with your browser than ever before (being redirected from trusted pages to BS like www.updateselfnet.com, virus installers launching any user input, Flash player failures 3/4 times I try to watch a video).
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Why doesnt Apple drop prices on some of their computers?

I need a Macbook for school, i know there is an education discount, but only about 50 dollars off doesnt help too much. Will apple ever come out with a less expensive laptop, or does anyone have any recomendations on a good place to find a decently priced macbook new or used?

This is not Apple. This is a user forum. Price structure as well as Apple's corporate decision making is not appropriate discussion in these forums. If you have a suggestion for Apple then post here:
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HT201343 Why does apple not allow me to stream DVD's from my macbook pro to my apple TV?

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Why doesn't Apple allow changing your AppleID username?

i realize this subject is best sent to Apple Feedback ("Contact Us" link found at the bottom right of most pages on Apple's site). I post here to hopefully assemble others who have the same questions or concerns, with the ultimate result being a call for action, that more than just me emails Apple to see if the change I discuss here, and others before this post have made, might finally happen as this is not a new concern.
I have several AppleIDs. Not by want, but by mistake. Like many, when you bought a new Mac device, during set up many mistakenly created a new AppleID instead of using their original existing one. Some people do want multiple AppleIDs and that's fine. This post is about those who don't, but once an AppleID is created you're stuck with it, other than not using it/them and trying to stick with using just one and setting all devices and your logging to be just one AppleID.
The problem is that many didn't realize we created other AppleIDs and started to use them and then find out that they can't be merged and certain fields can't be changed. Period.
For me, i bought a new device and then noticed my posts here in Discussions show my full name instead of my long used nickname. When registering my new device I must have unknowingly input my full name not realizing I was assigning both creating a new AppleID until I posted next in Discussions.
The problem can be that instead of one AppleID, you end up with 2 or more and each AppleID stores your data specific to that ID and our AppleIDs don't talk to each other. For Discussions, because I logged in over time with different AppleIDs, so my posting and Activity are broken up over my different IDs. We don't have the ability to see all our posts in one place, AKA one login, or one login that can access all our other AppleIDs.
So if I need to find a post I started or contributed to, I may have to login with each AppleID until I find it.
Many people have questioned why does Apple have such a strict policy about AppleIDs when for the user, it can and does complicate using Apple products, forcing us to remember which AppleID we used for which device, Discussions, iTunes, etc. Again, some want separate ApleIDs for each use, but for those that don't, we have to manage not to accidentally create additional AppleIDs and/or if you get stuck with multiple AppleIDs that you make sure you only use one and ignore the others to prevent your data being fractured among more than one AppleID.
Apple must have a reason for insisting that those with more AppleIDs than desired can't merge or change certain fields, but it certainly doesn't seem to benefit the user. So why is their policy in force and regardless, with enough outcry AKA Feedback... It might impact enough on Apple to make some changes.
SO if you don't like having multiple AppleIDs and wish to merge them/some or change some of the now unchangeable fields, please send Feedback to Apple - found in the lower right "Contact Us"
Thanks!

Steven Shmerler wrote:
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For me, i bought a new device and then noticed my posts here [1] in Discussions show my full name instead of my long used nickname. When registering my new device I must have unknowingly input my full name not realizing I was assigning both creating a new AppleID until I posted next in Discussions.
The problem can be that instead of [2] one AppleID, you end up with 2 or more and each AppleID stores your data specific to that ID and our AppleIDs don't talk to each other. For Discussions, because I logged in over time with different AppleIDs, so my posting and Activity are broken up over my different IDs. We don't have the ability to see all our posts in one place, AKA one login, or one login that can access all our other AppleIDs.
So if I need to find a post I started or contributed to, I may have to login with [3] each AppleID until I find it.
Many people have questioned why does Apple have such a strict policy about AppleIDs when for the user, it can and does complicate using Apple products, [4] forcing us to remember which AppleID we used for which device, Discussions, iTunes, etc. Again, some want separate ApleIDs for each use, but for those that don't, we have to manage not to accidentally create additional AppleIDs and/or if you get stuck with multiple AppleIDs that you make sure you only use one and ignore the others to prevent your data being fractured among more than one AppleID.
[5] Apple must have a reason for insisting that those with more AppleIDs than desired can't merge or change certain fields, but it certainly doesn't seem to benefit the user. So why is their policy in force and regardless, with enough outcry AKA Feedback... It might impact enough on Apple to make some changes.
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You are not alone. I am sure a lot of folks did exactly what you did, others found that they forgot passwords or security questions and the like.
[1] This seems solvable - if this identity is new, it could and should be changed by the Hosts
[2] Yep, that's the kicker (<- technical term) - the database holding all your posts uses your AppleID as the one solid 'keyword' to tie them all together, regardless of content - there is probably yet another database for all Store issues - that seems a less daunting coding task to merge. But probably won't happen. A good source here among Hi-Levelers has told that a feature of iOS 8 (coming this Fall!!) will have 'family plan-like management features. But I think it unlikely to extend to the discussions.
If you change that AppleID keyword, you lose all connectivity to those posts. Read on...
[3] I have a workaround for you: Go to each AppleID Profile page in A Seperate Tab. Even though you are not logged into each AppleID, you can still see everything about posts - you just can't set prefs. Not on one page, but for me, it would be easier to keep track of with it sorted by ID.
[4] Pardon my sarcasm, but make Sticky Note or something!! Seriously, just get it straight once and for all and keep it in a text file or spreadsheet if tits that complex.
[5] see 1-3. Apple will probably see your point with "Personal Information" on #1
Regarding your grass-roots effort, take care not to even insinuate a "P O L L" <- formatting mine. Super NoNo per ToU. Even if there were the effort made, I'll bet not enough folks suffer as you do to make a global change.
Best luck
CCC

HT5622 Is there any reason why my apple id and password allow log in to App Store but say invalid password when trying to activate Facetime ?

Is there any reason why my apple id and password allow log in to App Store but say password invalid when trying to activate Facetime - I thought that Id and password were the same for all functions ?

try the steps in this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268

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