I don't hate iTunes, but it's 2015 and Apple is still blocking the main thread all over the place. And displaying internal error numbers to users, with Google serving as their error to string conversion function.
Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?
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Re: Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?
#62Jein. (Thats a very german cross between yes and no) iTunes has a fast search through my large library and it is very easy to reach the thing you want. I don't create playlists, but from time to time return to my player, search for something and hit "play", closing the window afterwards. iTunes is not perfect at that, but _every other player_ is worse. Either, closing the window kill the program (lackluster Linux/Win…
i think you're missing the key argument which is that playing music is just one of the many things iTunes does. Those of us who dislike it rarely hate it as much for its music playing as for the fact that it's a file transfer app (to get files into and out of ios apps), it's a iOS backup and sync manager, it's an OS updater, its a store, it's a music player, and probably 3 other things i've forgotten.
I'm not missing it, I'm ignoring it. I'd be fully okay with iTunes dropping all that stuff or using something different - if there were another alternative.
Re: Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?
#63Yes, I hate it so much. I have had many discussions about how great other Apple products are and how frustrating iTunes is. It's like they are made by different companies.
They effectively are or seem to be, whether literally via outsourcing work on specific apps, as some commenters here have hinted in the past, or simply as a result of insane internal compartmentalization at Apple. The end result is quite poor in many cases.
Re: Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?
#64I don't hate it. Other than testing on it and using it for work, I am completely independent of Apple's walled garden.
I use tablets that run a full operating system that I have full control over (not Android or iOS) and the only semi-limited system that I use is my Android phone.
Re: Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?
#65Absolutely. I never actually use it on the laptop. (I never got the point of these music players that to organize all your music; I prefer to have it lying around on my file system as just plain files).
I used to be on iPhone and I absolutely loathed iTunes.
Re: Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?
#66I actually like iTunes - I havnt been able to do what I want from a music player and would be happy to hear of suggestions!
I need ALAC (can be converted if necessary), AIFF, FLAC
I need syncing (eg if I change stars (1-5) on the device, it needs to sync to master)
Need to be able to listen to and rate from either mac, PC or a mobile device
Scenario: I have my songs on my ipod and take it to work, and listen and rate songs while I'm at work. I sync, then take it home, and it syncs with my home library on my mac.
Or I listen while I am out and about and rate songs.
Re: Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?
#67I don't hate it, but it's not great either.
Re: Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?
#68Yes
Re: Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?
#69I disliked iTunes so much I just avoided all Apple products and removed all Apple software from my life.
Never looked back.
Re: Ask HN: Do you hate iTunes?
#70Yes, I dislike the whole iTunes thing all together. I'd like to be able to just plug it in and move files around like it's a drive. (like my android phone) I also really dislike iTunes a media player on my MacBook. Love my mackbook over all, but iTunes as a media player sucks. Main complaints is that I can't just point it to a folder and have it load into a library without it copying files around, so now I have music…
In iTunes' preferences uncheck "Keep my music organized" And it'll stop copying your music into the Music->iTunes folder.