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A comment on John Gruber's Post-I/O Thoughts. Parent comment

Re:John Gruber's Post-I/O Thoughts by jackowayed on Saturday May 22, 2010 @03:57PM (#1370932)
The interface just isn't as nice overall. It gets the job done, but it's not as intuitive or pretty as the iPhone's player.

Also, the vast majority of people have their music in iTunes. The fact that they can't just plug in the device and tell iTunes to sync might be a turnoff

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Re:John Gruber's Post-I/O Thoughts by eavc on Saturday May 22, 2010 @04:24PM (#1370990)
The vast majority?
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Re:John Gruber's Post-I/O Thoughts by jackowayed on Saturday May 22, 2010 @04:26PM (#1370993)
Seems like it. I'd guess that it's ~90% of mp3 player customers in the US, but maybe I see a biased sample.
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Re:John Gruber's Post-I/O Thoughts by earl on Sunday May 23, 2010 @12:37AM (#1371806)
anecdote: friends and family have spent at least 20 thousand dollars on music in itunes. The people who even know alternatives exist are only tech people and they don't spend much money on music.
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