Re:Apple Stole My Music
by pritambaral on Thursday May 05, 2016 @01:36PM
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> One of the perks of smartphones is that I can get music onto my device without even considering iTunes
Careful there, the iPhone is also a smartphone, and I do not know of a way of getting music onto it without iTunes.
Re:Apple Stole My Music
by mentalpiracy on Thursday May 05, 2016 @05:48PM
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There used to be an alternative iPhone management tool created by some of the same developers who were jailbreaking iOS. Certain features only worked with jailbroken phones - but you could still manage your music library even on unmodified devices.
It's been a few years and I'm not sure if its still in development. I believe it was called iFunbox? On mobile now and don't have the opportunity to search for more info - I will edit this later.
Re:Apple Stole My Music
by mcgrath_sh on Thursday May 05, 2016 @02:22PM
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I have an iPhone and don't use the standard Music app. I use Plex or CloudBeats to access and store music/audiobooks locally on my device. All of this music is stored on my Windows machine that acts as a server. It is accessed via Plex or Dropbox. I have no trouble accessing the files on my MacBook either. However, all of the music/audio is in a folder hierarchy and backed up. I don't touch iTunes.
For a live music fan, that's a disaster. Many thousands of live performances pulled out of their identifying folders because they had similar metadata. A significant number of labelled, sorted tracks pushed to "unknown artist". Random, inaccurate assignments of album covers.
Suffice to say, it was easier to uninstall iTunes and restore from a hard backup. One of the perks of smartphones is that I can get music onto my device without even considering iTunes, and I can't imagine giving it another shot.