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ITunes 10 is an absolute monstrosity. I'm not at all surprised you need every bit of Leopard and its requirements to handle that mess. What Apple should have do

ITunes 10 is an absolute monstrosity. I'm not at all surprised you need every bit of Leopard and its requirements to handle that mess. What Apple should have done is whip up a tiny little iutil to use theses new devices(1) in a reduced capacity with gentle pressure to upgrade. Just telling your customers that they're SOL doesn't seem like it fits the "Just Works" philosophy to me. (1) The iphone4, new iPod touch, etc all require iTunes 10. This is the primary reason people are trying to upgrade. There are a huge number of "Tigers" out there who are just now discovering the need to upgrade and are confused about how to do it.

joev 15y ago
This contributed to me "switching" to an Android phone, rather than upgrading to an iPhone 4. I had an iPhone 3G (not the GS), that recently came out of contract (purchased 9/2009). The phone was working fine for me, I had no reason to upgrade, other than the fact that the phone was much slower since the introduction of iOS 4. Apple's latest iOS release no longer supports the 3G; abandoning hardware this close to release doesn't really sit well with me, especially since an AppleCare support contract extends out to three years. Then the GPS tracking fiasco came about, since I couldn't figure out if the 3G was affected, and Apple refused to release a new release for 3G customers, even though this is a security-related issue, I became fed-up and got an HTC Inspire 4G (aka Desire HD) instead, and don't miss the iPhone at all. Maybe in two or three more years I'll come back to iPhone. Maybe not.