Comments on: 5 Reasons I Hate iTunes http://red66.com/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/ New Media Strategy Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:49:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Deck http://red66.com/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-414 Deck Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:21:54 +0000 http://red66.com/blog/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-414 Completely agree on the iTunes thing. I think that the people at Apple should take a course of beginners programming, because the way they have programmed iTunes could a three year old monkey do better. I have used iTunes version 4.xx 5.xx, 6.xx and now 7.xx and it has only been getting more and more like bloatware. (I use foobar2000 to play music on my PC) Next time I'm going to install Rockbox software on the iPod instead. It's still in beta, but it behaves like iTunes & Ipods should have, from the factory Completely agree on the iTunes thing.
I think that the people at Apple should take a course of beginners programming, because the way they have programmed iTunes could a three year old monkey do better. I have used iTunes version 4.xx 5.xx, 6.xx and now 7.xx and it has only been getting more and more like bloatware. (I use foobar2000 to play music on my PC)
Next time I’m going to install Rockbox software on the iPod instead. It’s still in beta, but it behaves like iTunes & Ipods should have, from the factory

]]> By: Deck http://red66.com/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-12622 Deck Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:21:54 +0000 http://red66.com/blog/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-12622 Completely agree on the iTunes thing.<br>I think that the people at Apple should take a course of beginners programming, because the way they have programmed iTunes could a three year old monkey do better. I have used iTunes version 4.xx 5.xx, 6.xx and now 7.xx and it has only been getting more and more like bloatware. (I use foobar2000 to play music on my PC)<br>Next time I'm going to install Rockbox software on the iPod instead. It's still in beta, but it behaves like iTunes & Ipods should have, from the factory Completely agree on the iTunes thing.
I think that the people at Apple should take a course of beginners programming, because the way they have programmed iTunes could a three year old monkey do better. I have used iTunes version 4.xx 5.xx, 6.xx and now 7.xx and it has only been getting more and more like bloatware. (I use foobar2000 to play music on my PC)
Next time I’m going to install Rockbox software on the iPod instead. It’s still in beta, but it behaves like iTunes & Ipods should have, from the factory

]]> By: Roger http://red66.com/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-266 Roger Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:54:13 +0000 http://red66.com/blog/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-266 My daughter and I both got Ipods for Christmas. We can't find a way to make Itunes separate the two. Every song she adds gets added to mine and vice versa. It's confusing the hay out of me! My daughter and I both got Ipods for Christmas. We can’t find a way to make Itunes separate the two. Every song she adds gets added to mine and vice versa. It’s confusing the hay out of me!

]]> By: Roger http://red66.com/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-12621 Roger Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:54:13 +0000 http://red66.com/blog/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-12621 My daughter and I both got Ipods for Christmas. We can't find a way to make Itunes separate the two. Every song she adds gets added to mine and vice versa. It's confusing the hay out of me! My daughter and I both got Ipods for Christmas. We can’t find a way to make Itunes separate the two. Every song she adds gets added to mine and vice versa. It’s confusing the hay out of me!

]]> By: RPP http://red66.com/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-91 RPP Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:57:33 +0000 http://red66.com/blog/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-91 Must agree with the assessment of iTunes. Love the Pod, hate the Tunes. Among my frustrations: Songs seem to be fine, but any video is agonizingly slow to download. One 45-minute tv episode takes 7 to 8 hours to download on my broadband connection. Which is just stupid. I can download video from any other source MUCH faster. I can't buy songs from foreign iTunes stores. In particular, I want to buy something from the iTunes Australia store, but am not allowed to do so unless I have a credit card with a billing address in Australia. I used to - but now I live in the US. I e-mailed. I called and talked with Apple Support. No response, no solution. In order to access the iTunes store, I have to turn off my McAfee virus protection entirely - sometimes... Without any predictability I either have to turn off my firewall or turn the program off all together. Sometimes it works with both on though. Running diagnostics is useless. It will simultaneously tell me that I am connected AND tell me that I cannot connect to the iTunes store. While the program is ungainly when it comes to organizing and adding music and makes it nearly impossible to share music, it doesn't bother me nearly as much as the store - I hate the store and I hate iTunes. Still, I love my Pods. I just wish they made it easier to use the store. I can guarantee this - as soon as there is a rival out there, I'm going that way. I've wasted enough time on this dopey unintuitive system. Must agree with the assessment of iTunes. Love the Pod, hate the Tunes.

Among my frustrations:

Songs seem to be fine, but any video is agonizingly slow to download. One 45-minute tv episode takes 7 to 8 hours to download on my broadband connection. Which is just stupid. I can download video from any other source MUCH faster.

I can’t buy songs from foreign iTunes stores. In particular, I want to buy something from the iTunes Australia store, but am not allowed to do so unless I have a credit card with a billing address in Australia. I used to - but now I live in the US. I e-mailed. I called and talked with Apple Support. No response, no solution.

In order to access the iTunes store, I have to turn off my McAfee virus protection entirely - sometimes… Without any predictability I either have to turn off my firewall or turn the program off all together. Sometimes it works with both on though. Running diagnostics is useless. It will simultaneously tell me that I am connected AND tell me that I cannot connect to the iTunes store.

While the program is ungainly when it comes to organizing and adding music and makes it nearly impossible to share music, it doesn’t bother me nearly as much as the store - I hate the store and I hate iTunes. Still, I love my Pods. I just wish they made it easier to use the store. I can guarantee this - as soon as there is a rival out there, I’m going that way. I’ve wasted enough time on this dopey unintuitive system.

]]> By: RPP http://red66.com/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-12620 RPP Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:57:33 +0000 http://red66.com/blog/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-12620 Must agree with the assessment of iTunes. Love the Pod, hate the Tunes. <br><br>Among my frustrations:<br><br>Songs seem to be fine, but any video is agonizingly slow to download. One 45-minute tv episode takes 7 to 8 hours to download on my broadband connection. Which is just stupid. I can download video from any other source MUCH faster. <br><br>I can't buy songs from foreign iTunes stores. In particular, I want to buy something from the iTunes Australia store, but am not allowed to do so unless I have a credit card with a billing address in Australia. I used to - but now I live in the US. I e-mailed. I called and talked with Apple Support. No response, no solution. <br><br>In order to access the iTunes store, I have to turn off my McAfee virus protection entirely - sometimes... Without any predictability I either have to turn off my firewall or turn the program off all together. Sometimes it works with both on though. Running diagnostics is useless. It will simultaneously tell me that I am connected AND tell me that I cannot connect to the iTunes store. <br><br>While the program is ungainly when it comes to organizing and adding music and makes it nearly impossible to share music, it doesn't bother me nearly as much as the store - I hate the store and I hate iTunes. Still, I love my Pods. I just wish they made it easier to use the store. I can guarantee this - as soon as there is a rival out there, I'm going that way. I've wasted enough time on this dopey unintuitive system. Must agree with the assessment of iTunes. Love the Pod, hate the Tunes.

Among my frustrations:

Songs seem to be fine, but any video is agonizingly slow to download. One 45-minute tv episode takes 7 to 8 hours to download on my broadband connection. Which is just stupid. I can download video from any other source MUCH faster.

I can’t buy songs from foreign iTunes stores. In particular, I want to buy something from the iTunes Australia store, but am not allowed to do so unless I have a credit card with a billing address in Australia. I used to - but now I live in the US. I e-mailed. I called and talked with Apple Support. No response, no solution.

In order to access the iTunes store, I have to turn off my McAfee virus protection entirely - sometimes… Without any predictability I either have to turn off my firewall or turn the program off all together. Sometimes it works with both on though. Running diagnostics is useless. It will simultaneously tell me that I am connected AND tell me that I cannot connect to the iTunes store.

While the program is ungainly when it comes to organizing and adding music and makes it nearly impossible to share music, it doesn’t bother me nearly as much as the store - I hate the store and I hate iTunes. Still, I love my Pods. I just wish they made it easier to use the store. I can guarantee this - as soon as there is a rival out there, I’m going that way. I’ve wasted enough time on this dopey unintuitive system.

]]> By: Carlos Granier-Phelps http://red66.com/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-64 Carlos Granier-Phelps Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:24:34 +0000 http://red66.com/blog/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-64 micki, where did I say iPods are bad? I actually mention iPods are awesome - it's the iTunes software I don't like. micki, where did I say iPods are bad? I actually mention iPods are awesome - it’s the iTunes software I don’t like.

]]> By: Carlos Granier-Phelps http://red66.com/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-12619 Carlos Granier-Phelps Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:24:34 +0000 http://red66.com/blog/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-12619 micki, where did I say iPods are bad? I actually mention iPods are awesome - it's the iTunes software I don't like. micki, where did I say iPods are bad? I actually mention iPods are awesome - it’s the iTunes software I don’t like.

]]> By: micki http://red66.com/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-63 micki Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:06:19 +0000 http://red66.com/blog/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-63 If ipods are that bad as you say. How has apple managed to sell that many.(40 million plus?) If ipods are that bad as you say.

How has apple managed to sell that many.(40 million plus?)

]]> By: micki http://red66.com/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-12618 micki Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:06:19 +0000 http://red66.com/blog/2006/10/5-reasons-i-hate-itunes/#comment-12618 If ipods are that bad as you say.<br><br>How has apple managed to sell that many.(40 million plus?) If ipods are that bad as you say.

How has apple managed to sell that many.(40 million plus?)

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