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When iTunes came out, there was no way to buy music with it either. It was that way for several years. Adding to that, when iTunes came out, most people didn't
by vetinari 15y ago
When iTunes came out, there was no way to buy music with it either. It was that way for several years.
Adding to that, when iTunes came out, most people didn't put any thought into ID3 tags. When they imported their music, their library became one big mess.
So much for ease of use for end users.
- userdeveloper 15y agoWindows support was not immediate either. It took some time. I used to use a program written by a student at Williams College. I forget the name. It was more simple and faster than iTunes. Then for a while I used a Perl script. I must admit, in retrospect, Apple knew what they were doing. I just couldn't see the point in iTunes. I doubted whether their $1/song "music store", and forcing users to use it by forcing them to install iTunes, would ever fly.