I use iTunes with my iPhone and don't consider it that bad, as long as you play in Apple's universe. And microsoft is just as bad with the Zune and the whole PlaysForSure crap.
iTunes has gotten worse and more bloated over the years. And Apple is adopting some microsoft tactics like auto-selecting Safari for install everytime the little iTunes updater pops up. --------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't get why people hate on iTunes so much. The interface is dead easy > to use and the software works great. If you don't want to buy media with > Apple DRM then either buy DRM free stuff from iTunes or buy from Amazon. > When you buy from Amazon it automatically ends up in your iTunes library. > > iTunes is *not* *bad* *software.* > > If you absolutely HATE it and CAN NOT USE iTunes then use MediaMonkey which > is free and does what iTunes does, just not as well (imho.) > > Or, don't buy an iPod. I had a Creative Zen Vision:M and besides it being a > complete piece of crap, using Windows Media to manage it was terrible. Ugh! > > Brian Weeden wrote: > >> Welcome to the wonderful world of DRM and competing monopolies. You only >> solution is to live in Apple's world (ie use iTunes) or go with another >> program (like Poddox <http://www.poddox.com/>). But either way I'm >> pretty >> sure you can't use windows media player, and positive that if you buy >> anything from the iTunes store you can't play it outside of iTunes (unless >> you do some illegal stuff). >> >
