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> software problems under Jobs were unheard of. Software problems are never unheard of anywhere. But it's absurd revisionism to take Steve Jobs - the guy behi
by charlesism 10y ago
> software problems under Jobs were unheard of.
Software problems are never unheard of anywhere. But it's absurd revisionism to take Steve Jobs - the guy behind Mac OS and iOS - and state that Apple had problems releasing good software under his leadership.
> iTunes never "just worked"
Yes, it did!
Either your memory is playing tricks on you, or you aren't old enough to remember early versions of iTunes.
iTunes wasn't born bad. It became bad.
- Mtinie 10y agoProbably my memory then. Your criticism is fair. I'll try to mentally split iTunes into two epochs -- Before-iPhone and After-iPhone. iTunes worked reasonably when it was simply a music library and store, with a simple integration to connect your iPod. Since 2007, meh...
- charlesism 10y ago2007 sounds about right to me, too. The last great feature I recall was "podcasts", which wikipedia says was 2005. By 2010 they were adding crap like "Ping".