October 30, 2006
Don’t Go Breaking My iTunes 6
Cory bought a new iPod Nano and boy is he sorry:
I bought a new Nano today b/c my old one died and I don’t have time to wait for warranty service before heading to France.
It’s a next-gen Nano. I plugged it into my Powerbook and iTunes 6 said, “I can’t manage that kind of iPod. You have to upgrade to iTunes 7.”
iTunes 7 takes away features I got in iTunes 6 — it breaks the music I’ve paid for.
I’ve seen iTunes updates forced by OS updates, but this is the first time I’ve seen an update forced by buying a new portable player.
iPods/iTunes DRM and related issues may be well documented but I *do* want to hear directly from you. What’s your biggest beef with Apple and the iTunes service. Alternatively, do you just roll with it and accept the standards set by Jobs as you accepted the standards established last decade by Gates? Bring it on! form | e-mail.
