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How iTunes Is Changing on PC

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Re: How iTunes Is Changing on PC

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Post by dangus »

donatj wrote: post #2

iTunes is sticking around on Windows but will just be for audio books and podcasts? That’s absolutely bizarre.

It’s weird branding. Your local music and iTunes purchases live in the Music app. Apple Music the service also lives in the Music app.

(Music purchased on iTunes can be downloaded directly to the device without syncing, but you need to manually sync with your computer to transfer over music that you acquired elsewhere. Either that or you subscribe to the iTunes Match service assuming that sticks around)

Basically, in the PC version of these apps the main difference compared to Mac seems to be that Apple didn’t split Podcasts and Audibooks into separate apps. They’re just mushed into an app that’s weirdly called iTunes. I feel like they should have clumsily but less confusingly called it “Apple Podcasts and Audiobooks”

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Post by sngz »

jamesrr39 wrote: post #254
bhauer wrote: post #232

I was briefly excited to hear they had separated media synchronization from the atrocity of iTunes. I just experimented with the "Apple Devices App" for PC. Unfortunately, the experience has been poor, which is what I should have anticipated given Apple's track record for PC software. First, the linked documentation provides no information about where to get the Apple Devices App. It turns out, it's only available fr…

> If Android weren't so awful Just curious, what is it that people don't like about Android?

Probably cause it doesn't have an apple logo on it

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Post by nailer »

basisword wrote: post #5
nailer wrote: post #3

I recently tried Apple Music and then gave up because it didn’t support podcasts and the podcast apps that exist in the Apple ecosystem aren’t as good as Spotify

>> the podcast apps that exist in the Apple ecosystem aren’t as good as Spotify Do you mean Spotify is better because it's all in one? Or specifically as a podcast client it's better? Because, as a podcast client, Spotify is shockingly bad. Perhaps the worst podcast client available. Apple Podcasts, Overcast, and Pocketcasts are all much, much better.

More the inverse, that Podcasts is bad because it doesn't have the integrations Apple music has, eg there's Sonos support for Music, but none for Podcasts.

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Post by [deleted] »

mplewis wrote: post #281
jamesrr39 wrote: post #254

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If Android weren't so awful Just curious, what is it that people don't like about Android?

Consistency of user experience. Reliable security updates for old devices that still function. Heavy integration with the Google spyware ecosystem. Poor CPU performance and battery life. Low-quality peripherals such as cameras. Manufacturer defects in Google-branded devices.

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Post by nailer »

reportgunner wrote: post #45
nailer wrote: post #3

I recently tried Apple Music and then gave up because it didn’t support podcasts and the podcast apps that exist in the Apple ecosystem aren’t as good as Spotify

What are "podcast apps" for ? I thought podcast is just an mp3 that you download and listen to.

It's a combination of audio files (like MP3) and a feed file (like RSS).

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Post by some-guy »

f_kai wrote: post #135
datadrivenangel wrote: post #49

So what is the best app these for listening to your own music collection? VLC?!?

I currently run Plex on my home media server, a long with Plexamp for streaming to my mobile device. Works like a charm.

I've been mostly happy with Plexamp. Main issue with it is the inability to sync my entire music library offline onto my phone (FLAC->Opus) which according to their support pages is not a feature they plan on supporting.

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Post by jowea »

refulgentis wrote: post #178
incanus77 wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m not sure I’ve ever understood this take. I think Apple has always been like this (one-button mouse, B&W display, proprietary keyboard plug, dropping the floppy, adopting USB, adopting FireWire, making the original iPod only function as a FireWire hard drive on Windows, etc.) But, like any product maker, the choice of whether you buy it or not is up to you. If you don’t like the whole package, find another option?…

I've never 100% understood it either, the only steelman I've been able to come up with over years is most people are like me and lose or damage the wireless earbuds every 6-12 months. I'm lucky enough to be a yuppie tech nerd with disposable income to treat it as a fact of life. Whereas for them it feels like a forced march to spend $150 every year.

My experience is damaging cheap wired headphones way faster than with wireless. Although it certainly wasn't a 150$ wired or wireless headphone.

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Post by chihuahua »

reportgunner wrote: post #45
nailer wrote: post #3

I recently tried Apple Music and then gave up because it didn’t support podcasts and the podcast apps that exist in the Apple ecosystem aren’t as good as Spotify

What are "podcast apps" for ? I thought podcast is just an mp3 that you download and listen to.

Podcast apps let you do the following:

* discover/search podcasts and subscribe to them.

* download new episodes automatically

* create a playlist of episodes; when an episode is finished, it's removed from the list and deleted automatically

* keep track of your position in an episode; since they can several hours long, you don't want to restart from the beginning

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Post by ephemeral-life »

asciimov wrote: post #289
ripdog wrote: post #286

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure I understand. Your relatives can remember to buy Apple but not Samsung? Also, Samsung offers lower end phones with lesser but still good update policies. They're good phones but a lot cheaper than any iPhone, which should satisfy your older relatives.

Yeah, it's amazing. If I say buy an Apple iPhone and its very likely they turn up with an iPhone maybe not the one I told them but a new Apple iPhone. But if I say Samsung Android, they are just as likely to buy some weird no-name Android because it was a color they wanted or size or something the salesman pushed on them cause "Android is Android right?"

Can confirm this is definitely a thing. Though in my case has to do with PC's. My mother needed a new computer and when searching online for a windows laptop, she always ended up looking at the cheapest garbage on sale. Im talking laptops that cost half as much as her iphone. But tell her to look for a mac and she will have to start looking at more expensive devices that won't be e-waste in 2 years. Pretty bizarre.
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