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Apple has certainly improved, but I don't see iTunes as much more than a well written library program with an MP3 player tacked on. I'm a long time Mac user, b
by DLWormwood 18y ago
Apple has certainly improved, but I don't see iTunes as much more than a well written library program with an MP3 player tacked on.
I'm a long time Mac user, but that pretty much nails what iTunes really is. Ever since Apple bought out SoundJam and turned it into iTunes, the app's focus has been less about song playback and more about being the "showcase" or demonstration for what QuickTime is supposed to be used for. QuickTime was little too far ahead of its time for its architecture to be compatible with modern systems; though, at least on the Mac platform, its been able to survive as a respectable, if creaky, media API. (QT really was a child of the multimedia CD-ROM era. The media model it uses isn't really a good fit for streaming Internet data.)
- unalone 18y agoYeah, but isn't that a good thing? iTunes doesn't waste time on unnecessary features. It's extremely focused and it does what it ought to - store songs - extremely well. Most users really only need to store songs, make playlists, and - possibly - sync to an iPod. Apple does that all quite well, and keeps adding new ways to sort music. They're doing a pretty good job so far.