Agreed. I've been using iTunes daily since it first came out back in 2001, and I really don't see what all the hate is about. Like you I've not treated it well

Agreed. I've been using iTunes daily since it first came out back in 2001, and I really don't see what all the hate is about. Like you I've not treated it well – I've migrated the library across at least four computers, backed it up, restored it, and it's even been used by two computers simultaneously on a shared drive – and it's always worked fine. The UX is also fine, even with Apple Music turned on. It does a lot of things, but it's still the best music player out there. Every time I've tried to use something else, a missing or not well implemented bit of functionality has always brought me back to it. Apple probably should have split the iPod/iOS/app management functionality into a separate utility, but iOS devices are now completely stand-alone, so they could drop all that stuff without issue. And Apple Music is fantastic - it nailed my musical tastes way more accurately than Spotify, and I've used Spotify for years. The playlists it suggested were almost spookily good. I tried Google Music on my phone for a while, and really didn't get on with it. Like all the Play services, it felt clunky and didn't have the polish it should. Using it felt like work.