Remember how close to tears I was about how the My iTunes widget wasn't populating with very much data? There's a "feedback" link when you get the embed code, so I went ahead and fedback because I can't resist giving everyone a piece of my mind.

Three days later, I heard back from Apple: the widgets only show data for songs that you purchase. Ah. Shrewd. Tellingly, the email came not from tech support or customer service, but from someone in the marketing department.

So I have two options:

- Delete the limping doodad; or
- Spend some money to fill it up with more data.

I wasn't planning on buying anything anytime soon; mostly I use iTunes for podcasts and shows. And even if I really wanted to get something, I can't bear to be so transparently manipulated by marketing: made to want something not for what it is but just for the process of getting it. It's like putting 51 cents into one of those flatten-a-penny machines.