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Originally Posted by stkr
I hope that this is a joke  .
-The library manager is prehistoric-
Edit>Preferences>Advanced
You can choose whether or not iTunes organizes your music and video files. You can have them scattered across your harddrive, as many people do, or you can have the program make copies of files imported and store them neatly in their correct folders.
-No support for other music formats Ogg/FLAC/etc.-
Same a no plug-in. Doesn't effect me. I don't see the problem with having .mp3 files, but I won't say that having more options is not important.
-Drag and Drop sucks -
In terms of adding files to the library? Don't want to drag-and-drop?
File>Add Folder to Library or Add File to Library
As for as adding songs to playlists...that's just lazy.
-Bloatware downloads-
'Yes, a lot of companies do this' Pretty much sums it up. If you don't want Apple Software Updates to check for updates, go to Edit> Preferences and set it to 'Never'. You can check or uncheck the updates and programs to choose which ones are installed or you can update iTunes and iTunes only through Help> Check For Updates. |
Alright, I've got a tiny bone to pick with these points.
You can turn it off, yes, but that doesn't mean that the file management doesn't have problems. WMP does a very nice job of balancing control and power, and its power features aren't enabled by default, which means that it won't mess with your files first and then let you fix it later. It is also very good at tracking files that move or change, and the tagging support is one of the best I've used, short of a dedicated tagging program.
Believe it or not, open source/lossless format support is pretty big outside of Apple's market. Apple profits off of their own lossy codec sales, which is why they haven't bothered expanding to the lossless market. But there's a big world out there, and Apple doesn't own it all, as much as they think/desire it to be so. Though I have to admit, support for such codecs is low among closed source/commerical ventures, WMP has support for FLAC and perhaps even .ogg, along with numerous easy to use codec packs to add this and so much more. This also ties in to plug-in support: if WMP has it, shouldn't a more sophisticated program like iTunes have it?
Again, when a feature is built into a software, it is designed to be used. If it's broken, it ought to be fixed. So having poor drag-and-drop support is an issue that needs to be addressed.
Read this:
Apple continues to deceive users | Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise | Then tell me Apple is just like anyone else. This is worse that such infamous programs as Kazaa, which ask you if you want to install their packaged spyware. Apple asks, and then
ignores you. No matter what is installed, safe or not, that's despicable. You can't say, "I don't want this" and then have them impose it on you. If
spyware vendors ask before installing their products, surely Apple could be so gracious as to listen to you instead of forcing their plans on your computer. Forcing software on the end user is more than poor practise, it's just plain stupid.