# iTunes Music Store Sucks **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 16, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-music-store-sucks/207846 "2003-10-16T19:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-music-store-sucks/207846/61 "2003-10-18T07:34:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LeeshaJoy \* > \*\*Really? That’s weird. When I installed the first version, back in '01, it had an option to search my hard drive for MP3s the first time I started it up. Does it not do that anymore? Yes, the option was there and I selected it…though it didn’t do any searching. It took me 10 minutes to find the little menu selection under Options… > [@](#): > > Which brings me to the one thing that really bugs me about iTunes (and Apple apps in general): the lack of documentation. Apple seems to think that their programs are so easy to use that they don’t need any sort of manual. Which is true–for about a third of the features of any given app. To find the other two-thirds, you have to _hunt_. True, there is the Mac Help program, but it’s set up in such a way that it’s well-nigh impossible to find anything useful in it. I want easy-to-read documentation that tells me EXACTLY what the app can do, and how to do it. \*\* Exactly. I have now discovered this. Overall though, it seems like a pretty good app. A touch laggy maybe, but I haven’t restarted my machine in ages so maybe I’ve loaded the memory up a tad bit(lots of programs open all the time). Sam ---
**Author:** ![spectrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@spectrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spectrum)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-music-store-sucks/207846/62 "2003-10-18T19:52:21Z")
iTunes won’t function properly without a restart, and the first time you add a bunch of files to it it’s going to slow down as it goes through the files one by one and analyzes them for soundcheck levels and the like. I’ve loved iTunes on my Macs for years, and played with it on Virtual PC on my Mac at the office. It functions great for me, even on an emulated platform. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-music-store-sucks/207846/63 "2003-10-19T07:31:46Z")
It sounds really good, though. Better than Musicmatch. And yes, I didn’t have any trouble putting my mp3 library in it. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-music-store-sucks/207846/64 "2003-10-20T05:08:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by squeegee \* > Goddammit. I was hoping to get off Apple’s (Jobs! Sieg Heil!) platform and stop screwing around with 2 platforms just to buy some music. I was hoping iTunes was going to work right on PC! Why limit this to Apple? _Nobody’s_ software works right on Windows PCs. Blaming Apple for not making their software work right under Windows is like blaming everyone on Earth for living above sea level. 😃 Steve Jobs might be a bit of a goofball (how many CEOs would hold a media event while wearing torn jeans and dirty sneakers?), but he’s not the Messiah. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-music-store-sucks/207846/65 "2003-10-20T08:29:34Z")
Just for the record, _iTunes_ works nigh onto perfectly on my PC. So far, anyway. Much better than Windows Media Player. ---
**Author:** ![cmason32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cmason32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmason32)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-music-store-sucks/207846/66 "2003-10-20T21:02:05Z")
It appears that iTunes for Windows is already affecting how the other online music companies do their business. Emusic will discontinue their unlimited music downloads and MusicMatch has indicated they are thinking about switching to the AAC format. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-music-store-sucks/207846/67 "2003-10-20T21:57:02Z")
What makes you think eMusic’s decision had anything to do with iTunes? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-music-store-sucks/207846.md?page=3)