Well, that's it for me and iTunes.
As reported earlier, I built myself a new machine and (eventually) moved all my music to a portable drive. This week, I plugged in the iPod (yes, it had been a while since I had changed up the playlist). Since I had agreed (apparently) that the tunes I purchased online would only play on a single machine, I couldn't play anything I had already bought and paid for on my new computer nor my iPod.
There's probably a way around that (like calling customer service etc) but I figured why bother? I had 100 songs I purchased on iTunes, now all unavailable to me because I did the unthinkable: I got a new computer. Nobody ever does that.
So, yeah, I'm not purchasing anything from iTunes anymore. Besides, I've had problems on there before: music downloads wouldn't, the user interface didn't etc. Really, the application itself is (in my somewhat expert opinion) a kludge with only the most basic functionality, poorly executed and often times counter-intuitive at that. Not to mention I have been noticing the difference in sound quality for the native iTunes format and CD.
Of course this means that any inclination to get an iPhone has departed, my next portable digital audio device will not be an Apple product and I'll continue buying CDs (can you say Amazon.com?). That sounds bitter, even for me, but frankly I'm out $100. But I'll still use the iTunes store to sample any planned purchases in the future. Hey I'm a "forgive and forget" kinda guy.
No, wait, that's "hold a grudge until the grave" kinda guy.
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you chump, just email them and they should de-authorize all pc's on your account.. then all you have to do is try play one of the songs (after being logged into itunes) and it will ask you to re-authorize the pc. i recently had to do this after putting vista on this laptop.
did you get us tickets to spamalot? how about kevin smith, did you get an extra seat for me? I forgot about that one.
we'll always have cake.
bigM
Okay totally forgot. Capa is doing the Kevin Smith tix, I'll gather up Spamalot.
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