Comment by CrimsonCape

13 hours ago

When was the last time you used the clusterf* that is iTunes on windows?

Or more generically answer the question: how can I get an arbitrary audio file into my iTunes music? (hint: good luck)

Music 'synced' with iTunes but not appearing on my other devices? There must be some kind of arbitrary difference between 'synced with iTunes' and 'synced with iCloud'. I guarantee this is some kind of (barely) maintained legacy syncing to keep the iTunes workflow alive specifically so Apple can avoid giving users a modern 'import to my cloud library' feature.

Also, remember guys, you can't have a shell on iphone because. Nor a text editor. Because. ssh into your iphone? hah. These are all software issues.

  • iSH is a shell for iOS, it has all the common shell tools and you can ssh into it.

  • A shell is not useful on a touch screen device.

    iOS comes with a text editor built in. Memo.

    Ssh server doesn't make sense for an iPhone. How would that even work? It wouldn't be able to do anything or be a worse experience than something properly designed for the user rather than trying to force a 50 year old computing model onto a phone.

    • You say this matter of factly and yet I've seen countless people talk about using termux more than a desktop shell.

      Maybe iPhone is different but most phones you can connect a keyboard to, making the shell pretty usable. Not my cup of tea but I have tried it. I'm still holding out on the dream that a good Linux phone might exist one day.

    • A shell is perfectly useful on a touchscreen device.

      > a 50 year old computing model onto a phone

      What? Do you think command lines are based on the lambda calculus or something?

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> iTunes on windows

For decades it has been speculated they intentionally make that shit so people will be more likely to switch to apple

  • I’ve heard this but it doesn’t make much sense to me. People see the shit software, and they think “Apple software is shit.” I don’t think they think “This software is only shit because I’m on Windows, I better switch to Mac and run (basically) the same software there.”

  • It’s actually not speculation, they have testified in court, under oath, that they had a whole developer team just to fuck up the user experience.