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0 pointsCrimsonCape19d ago0 comments

When was the last time you used the clusterf* that is iTunes on windows?

Or more generically answer the question: how can I get an arbitrary audio file into my iTunes music? (hint: good luck)

Music 'synced' with iTunes but not appearing on my other devices? There must be some kind of arbitrary difference between 'synced with iTunes' and 'synced with iCloud'. I guarantee this is some kind of (barely) maintained legacy syncing to keep the iTunes workflow alive specifically so Apple can avoid giving users a modern 'import to my cloud library' feature.

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CrimsonCapeOP19d ago

Also, remember guys, you can't have a shell on iphone because. Nor a text editor. Because. ssh into your iphone? hah. These are all software issues.

simonh19d ago

iSH is a shell for iOS, it has all the common shell tools and you can ssh into it.

charcircuit19d ago

A shell is not useful on a touch screen device.

iOS comes with a text editor built in. Memo.

Ssh server doesn't make sense for an iPhone. How would that even work? It wouldn't be able to do anything or be a worse experience than something properly designed for the user rather than trying to force a 50 year old computing model onto a phone.

saintfire19d ago

You say this matter of factly and yet I've seen countless people talk about using termux more than a desktop shell.

Maybe iPhone is different but most phones you can connect a keyboard to, making the shell pretty usable. Not my cup of tea but I have tried it. I'm still holding out on the dream that a good Linux phone might exist one day.

throwaway17373819d ago

I’m very upset that iOS doesn’t support using a phone as a jump box.

ux26647819d ago

A shell is perfectly useful on a touchscreen device.

> a 50 year old computing model onto a phone

What? Do you think command lines are based on the lambda calculus or something?

uint32_t19d ago

Lambda calculus was more like 90 years ago

testing2232119d ago

> iTunes on windows

For decades it has been speculated they intentionally make that shit so people will be more likely to switch to apple

sgerenser19d ago

I’ve heard this but it doesn’t make much sense to me. People see the shit software, and they think “Apple software is shit.” I don’t think they think “This software is only shit because I’m on Windows, I better switch to Mac and run (basically) the same software there.”

jjjfjjgd19d ago

It’s actually not speculation, they have testified in court, under oath, that they had a whole developer team just to fuck up the user experience.

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