Apple isn't spamming with iPod ads, some other spammer do it. Apple techies are WRONG saying that LW leaves junk on your computer. The only thing they could complain is that LW uses extensively the HD and can shorten the life of the disk. Beside that, some users do tend to install bad apps that decrease the OS efficienty, but that's not LW related. I think that Apple is most afraid of possible pirating of its own of software that might happen on LW.
That being said, Apple techies are wrong, either because they don't know or are biased.
Installing kernel extensions with cameras, mices and printers are much more obstrusive of the OS and can result in crashes much more than LW itself