No more iPod and iTunes for me Apr25 '06

I’ve ceased using my iPod, because it just won’t work properly. It jumps to new songs, in the middle of songs, and generally freezes whenever it feels the need - which seems like every other song.

This is unacceptable. I’ve had it with MP3 technology.

First and foremost - I’ve had my iPod almost two years now, and I’m sure Apple wants me to buy a new one, since mine is not working. Well... I refuse to. I’m not going to pay another $400 for something that only lasts two years. For $400, it should last a life-time.

A friend of mine who worked for IBM told me recently that if they even set down - just gingerly set down a hard drive, onto a desk or something - it was considered damaged. And we’re talking just gently setting it down.

Think about how many times a typical iPod owner drops his/her iPod, sets it down hard, or just lets it "jangle around" at will. And since an iPod is just a hard drive, it’s no wonder it breaks so fast.

iTunes chaos

And iTunes is another story. It’s completely convoluted and bloated to the point of aggravation. I can’t tell whether I’m listening to a podcast, a radio station, a song, video, a video podcast - there’s just too much crap happening at once.

It downloads podcasts whenever it feels the need, and accessing my library has become increasingly slower, the more music and videos I add.

Not to mention I’ve lost my ratings and "play counts" a number of times - simply because I unplugged my music library - which is on an external hard drive. It took hours of research to discover that my ratings and "play counts" (which are essential for the Smart Playlists I had set up) could not be retrieved.

Trying to fix all of these issues in iTunes became a full-time job.

And whatever happened to the music?? That’s all this is about. The music.

Everything has become so technical, how can anyone enjoy this anymore? Is it truly worth all of this trouble? I think not.

Back to CD’s

I recently pulled out all of my CD’s from the closet, which were buried in boxes.

I dusted them off, signed up for a Lala account, and began falling in love with music once again.

I am now actively trading CD’s I don’t listen to, for ones I’ve always wanted. Lala is incredibly useful - and it saves a lot of money.

Not to mention, I missed the incredible sound-quality of a CD. I became so accostomed to 128-bit digital songs from the iTunes Music Store, that low-quality sound became "normal."

Boy was I wrong.

Categories: Apple , iTunes , Music , Technology

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