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Wasn't that claim determined to be a hoax?

by AckSyn 10y ago

Sophistifunk 10y ago
I know something has deleted several dozen MP3s from my collection. The end result of which is iTunes would refuse to sync my phone. Because those two features belong in the same app, and all. In the end I had to delete my entire iTunes music library and start fresh, just so my phone would sync
- ergothus 10y ago
  That was the experience that moved me from an iPhone to android several years ago - not only that I had to wipe my phone to sync, but that * I couldn't back up what was on the phone (without first wiping the phone) * that iTunes wouldn't let me re-download any music I had bought (this was pre-iCloud) * this was the second time it happened to me - the first time was with an iPod pretty early in their existence, so I was willing to accept incomplete options. (I'm rough on laptops, which is what I had been syncing to) Seeing that they had no interest in improving this situation after years of being aware of it, I bailed. I'm told that Apple is now better about repeat downloads from their store and have stopped considering the PC as the source of truth for the device but they still are terrible for families with multiple accounts but not one Mac/PC per user. Frankly, I'm glad Apple is out there pushing boundaries, but I've not missed anything from my iPhone. (my Macbook remains a great Unix-ey device)
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Analemma_ 10y ago
(Assuming you're referring to the James Pinkstone story referenced in the beginning) Sort of. Pinkstone was telling the truth in that iTunes did delete all his music, but after some follow-up with Apple it was determined that it was a bug and not, as he speculated in the first post, the result of a conspiracy to control what happens to music you already purchased (the Apple CSR was just clueless; which is well within the realm of possibility) That doesn't really matter to this story's context though: the Slate author is complaining that its the general shittiness of iTunes, not any sinister agenda on Apple's part, that is destroying his desire to collect music.
quadrangle 10y ago
wha? link? something…? Why do you even think it's a hoax? Your comment ounds like just spreading baseless doubt to me…

Wasn't that claim determined to be a hoax?

by AckSyn 10y ago

Wasn't that claim determined to be a hoax?

I know something has deleted several dozen MP3s from my collection. The end result of which is iTunes would refuse to sync my phone. Because those two features belong in the same app, and all. In the end I had to delete my entire iTunes music library and start fresh, just so my phone would sync

ergothus 10y ago
That was the experience that moved me from an iPhone to android several years ago - not only that I had to wipe my phone to sync, but that * I couldn't back up what was on the phone (without first wiping the phone) * that iTunes wouldn't let me re-download any music I had bought (this was pre-iCloud) * this was the second time it happened to me - the first time was with an iPod pretty early in their existence, so I was willing to accept incomplete options. (I'm rough on laptops, which is what I had been syncing to) Seeing that they had no interest in improving this situation after years of being aware of it, I bailed. I'm told that Apple is now better about repeat downloads from their store and have stopped considering the PC as the source of truth for the device but they still are terrible for families with multiple accounts but not one Mac/PC per user. Frankly, I'm glad Apple is out there pushing boundaries, but I've not missed anything from my iPhone. (my Macbook remains a great Unix-ey device)

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Analemma_ 10y ago

(Assuming you're referring to the James Pinkstone story referenced in the beginning) Sort of. Pinkstone was telling the truth in that iTunes did delete all his music, but after some follow-up with Apple it was determined that it was a bug and not, as he speculated in the first post, the result of a conspiracy to control what happens to music you already purchased (the Apple CSR was just clueless; which is well within the realm of possibility) That doesn't really matter to this story's context though: the Slate author is complaining that its the general shittiness of iTunes, not any sinister agenda on Apple's part, that is destroying his desire to collect music.

quadrangle 10y ago

wha? link? something…? Why do you even think it's a hoax? Your comment ounds like just spreading baseless doubt to me…