5 ms·

As long as I can still move pictures from wife's phone. Still, this is such an annoying change. As in, Itunes on PC always sucked, but it did not occur to me th

As long as I can still move pictures from wife's phone. Still, this is such an annoying change. As in, Itunes on PC always sucked, but it did not occur to me that Apple would want to actively make it worse. edit: This reminds me. Wasn't there a FOSS project that has most of Itunes functionality?

Terretta 3y ago
They didn't make it worse. If you don't want to change, don't install the replacement apps.
- chrisjj 3y ago
  How is preventing you playing music if you install another app not worse?
  - WorldMaker 3y ago
    If the other app is better and worth installing?
    - chrisjj 3y ago
      That doesn't avoid this worsening of iTunes. At best it merely avoids some users caring.
  - Terretta 3y ago
    But they didn't do that, you did that, by installing the other app. If you don't install the other app, iTunes is the same. You indicated a preference for the new Music experience by installing it. If you don't indicate that preference, iTunes doesn't change.
    - chrisjj 3y ago
      > But they didn't do that, you did that, by installing the other app. They did it by making the new app disable functionality of the existing. > You indicated a preference for the new Music experience by installing it. By that insane logic, installing e.g. Edge would justifably prevent use of Chrome.
prmoustache 3y ago
> edit: This reminds me. Wasn't there a FOSS project that has most of Itunes functionality? What is that functionnality? If it is about playing audio, there are tons of apps for that.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 3y ago
  << What is that functionnality? If I plug iphone in to a PC without itunes, best I can hope for is extraction of images. To even access a small portion of the rest of the filesystem, I need(ed now ) itunes. What I recall using once for some backup purposes was a itunes like program that gained access to almost everything ( all media ).

Terretta 3y ago

They didn't make it worse. If you don't want to change, don't install the replacement apps.

chrisjj 3y ago
How is preventing you playing music if you install another app not worse?
- WorldMaker 3y ago
  If the other app is better and worth installing?
  - chrisjj 3y ago
    That doesn't avoid this worsening of iTunes. At best it merely avoids some users caring.
- Terretta 3y ago
  But they didn't do that, you did that, by installing the other app. If you don't install the other app, iTunes is the same. You indicated a preference for the new Music experience by installing it. If you don't indicate that preference, iTunes doesn't change.
  - chrisjj 3y ago
    > But they didn't do that, you did that, by installing the other app. They did it by making the new app disable functionality of the existing. > You indicated a preference for the new Music experience by installing it. By that insane logic, installing e.g. Edge would justifably prevent use of Chrome.

prmoustache 3y ago

> edit: This reminds me. Wasn't there a FOSS project that has most of Itunes functionality? What is that functionnality? If it is about playing audio, there are tons of apps for that.

A4ET8a8uTh0 3y ago
<< What is that functionnality? If I plug iphone in to a PC without itunes, best I can hope for is extraction of images. To even access a small portion of the rest of the filesystem, I need(ed now ) itunes. What I recall using once for some backup purposes was a itunes like program that gained access to almost everything ( all media ).