They are disabling GUIDs and saying that if you're a consumer and want to use it, you have to opt in to it. And, no other company has drafted a software privacy statement. So yes, they have broken the spirit of the agreement. But in the past week they've done more than any other company. In an increasingly networked world data is collected from consumers without them knowing it, and not just from Web sites.
Software is just the tip of the iceberg.
For the Internet to continue to grow as a trusting environment, full disclosure is a must. In March, it was exposed that documents created with programs in the Microsoft Office suite were emblazoned with a GUID that identified the user's computer. Meanwhile, RealNetworks maintains that the information was never used for marketing, and wasn't even kept by the company. To the server it signifies an anonymous unique hit. There was never any intention or capability to associate individual usage with somebody's personal information.