> iTunes has been a constant bafflement since its release. Back when I was on Mac (~2007), iTunes was extremely simple. There was a left menu with playlists a

> iTunes has been a constant bafflement since its release. Back when I was on Mac (~2007), iTunes was extremely simple. There was a left menu with playlists and artists, a top menu with settings like "import", and a bunch of familiar play/stop buttons. You would plug in your iPod, and it took you to an iPod screen with a set of minimal options (sync all / select sync). It was simple as an old-timey jukebox. Last week, six years later [1], with 3 years of professional software development under my belt (on supposedly user-unfriendly Linux), I tried to help my girlfriend change playlists on her iPod... I was utterly baffled. Hidden menus everywhere, secret right-click and guess the magic word drop-downs... I felt like an idiot. I can't imagine grandpa understanding this software. Worst of all, it was sloooow. Meanwhile my (non-techie) mom does just fine on Ubuntu; which will run blazing fast on any tin box. (I can tell the same story about connecting my System76 laptop to the the workplace printer, vs. my coworker's MacBook.) --- [1] Scrap that... 10 years later. Jesus Christ. Get off my lawn.