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iTunes Disables MusicMatch
spooza writes "If you own an iPod and use it with MusicMatch on a Windows machine and then install iTunes, strange things happen: after the installation, MusicMatch is unable to communicate or even find the iPod anymore. Of course this might be a coincidence or bad programming on the Apple side, but since MusicMatch also introduced a pay-per-download service it seems not too farfetched to suspect that Apple simply took the opportunity to knock out an opponent. The funny thing is, Apple and MusicMatch cooperated before, because Apple wanted to have software that was able to work with iPod and thus not lose potential customers that want to buy an iPod but have only Windows." MusicMatch recommends deleting, then downloading and reinstalling, the MusicMatch software to reenable it.
Drooling Apple Apologist Fanboy Twits vs. Conspiracy Theorists
I think the conspiracy theorists are problably right though, Apple had to know known this was going to happen, and had no qualms about disabling MM. Apple is playing God of The iPod for the PC, what they can giveth, they can taketh away. MS and Real aren't the only people that are good at playing this game on the PC.
My sig is blank, I typed this by hand.
And I am posting as this other guy so I won't get in trouble. First of all this story is not true. Slashdot was bought by Microsoft and is planting anti-Apple stories.
"Oh, you mean by locking customers into expensive, proprietary software? No. They're already worse than that. They lock customers into expensive, proprietary software AND hardware."
I'd like to hear a rebuttal from the dude who modded this post troll.
"Derp de derp."
Too bad they didn't tell iTunes will "reorganize" your mp3-files. And they also forgot to mention that uninstalling iTunes will break your WMP mp3-codec and also fiddle with your cdrom-drivers so that for example WinDVD is unable to recognize inserted discs and Nero refuses to copy CDs. Maybe they should've tested their product before releasing it out in the wild as it's a bit different here in the Windows world where Apple doesn't own the OS and hardware.
as an example: MS made the leading mac software for ages, and despite the Appleworks office suite losing customers to MS, apple only encouraged MS to improve their product, rather than disabling the competitor.
What has MS done when in a similar position? Crippled competing media players, forced use of browser, etc
I hope people here realize just how badly MS has impacted the Software Business Environment.Fair practice or not, Apple disables competitor... Bill taught Steve to be mean.
well, ok Steve has always been a bit of a bastard, but he used to not be ruthless.
Just as irrigation is the lifeblood of the Southwest, lifeblood is the soup of cannibals. -- Jack Handy
what the HELL is wrong with Americans' spelling these _ days
Fixed, fag. Now fuck off.
If you fall off a building, go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will be like hey, free dummy
It always comes back to some variation of "Well, basically what we're offering isn't that great, but Microsoft is much worse!" It's going to take a lot more convincing argument than that before I will even be tempted to buy an Apple product.
"Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
why should marketshare matter? Whether Hitler kills 1 million or 6 million people, he's still a stone cold killer. And just because Apple has CHOSEN to have a small marketshare in exchange for tight control of "the whole widget", and thus, higher markups, is no excuse for their anti-competitive behavior. Because in more ways than not, they DO have a monopoly. Just not over the X86 desktop.
I realise this is a big call, but you are the dumbest person I have ever read a slashdot post by.