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Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?

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Re: Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?

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Post by kbob »

I always do this after my Mac updates iTunes.

    $ sudo chmod -x /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/*
That keeps it from launching accidentally. I never launch it intentionally, in fact, I've never accepted its license agreement.

Re: Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?

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Post by thescribe »

I don't know if there are design choices I'm not thinking of, but my big gripe is that if I am streaming from my mac to an airplay enabled TV, and I click a link to the app store in my browser, my TV pauses.

Re: Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?

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Post by zeidrich »

toong wrote: post #17
robertfall wrote: post #10

No. I don't hate iTunes. It could certainly be better but I wouldn't say I hate it. If they improved the loading speed of iTunes and the App Store it would be fine. It's very similar to the Steam Apps in some regards (store and library in one). I do hate the fact that ONLY iTunes can be used to move stuff onto an iPhone though. That's the part I hate. If they broke it up into small parts I'd be so happy though... tl;…

Why aren't there any alternatives ? I remember fiddling with some tools on Ubuntu to put some music on an iPhone - like, half a decade ago. Is that now blocked somehow ?

There are alternatives. Apple has chosen to make it so that the alternatives require not using an iOS device. But there are alternatives.

Re: Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?

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Post by sbuk »

toong wrote: post #12
gherkin wrote: post #4

I always hated how stupid it makes adding a few songs to an existing device. Half the time it wants to re-sync everything and wipe the device while doing it. Avoid iTunes with extreme prejudice.

Maybe I'm a cynic but that could be the point ? Make it too cumbersome for your users to put an mp3 from their pc on their iPhone and they might just buy the song again from iTunes ?

No, just ill-informed. You can re-download your purchases (which are DRM free) from the iTunes store on to your device. There is absolutely no need to use iTunes to manage an iOS based device. Not for registration, backing up or adding media.
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