A Decade of iTunes: an Interactive Timeline by Apple

[NduPlessis]

iTunes about to turn 10. Birthday wishes include downloading more songs and buying an iPhone or iPad.

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[echondo]

Some of the most horrible software I have ever used, no idea why people use it.
Best of luck Apple with the next 10 years! You'll need it, you scum bags.

 

[house70]

Years ago, it wasn't Apple's hardware that drove me away from them; it was this huge failure named iTunes. Made me realize that all the hype behind Apple's "just works" slogan was just that: hype. The incredible resource-hungry bloat that was iTunes prompted me to look for alternatives, with better functionality and no system freezes.

 

[velocityg4]

Apparently Apple and Toms forgot that iTunes came out January 9, 2001. I used it then with Mac OS 9. What is being celebrated is 10 years of the iTunes music store with iTunes 4.0 on April 28, 2003.
I mark this release as the downfall of iTunes. It was this great streamlined program where I could setup a massive MP3 library that could quickly function on old computers. To this bloated behemoth doing all media work and a hub for syncing iDevices.
Now they even try to discourage people with giant libraries by defaulting you coverflow and hiding the side bar, status bar and column browser. Coverflow is only a neat gimmick for small libraries. All views besides on with the column browser, side bar and status bar are useless on massive libraries.
Then with all the bloated crap they added to iTunes. They never added one severely needed feature for enthusiasts. Namely a server version of iTunes. One where client machines can connect to a central database and add music made available to client machines. With each client being able to manage their own playists and iDevices. Home sharing does not quite cut it.
If someone can name an alternative music player with a column browser like iTunes and server abilities compatible with OS X and Windows I would love to know.

 

[ojas]

Loved the subtitle, and hey, itunes has barely changed in 10 years.

 

[g-unit1111]

I can't stress enough how much I hate iTunes 11.0, my next system I'm going back to using the previous version.