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Originally Posted by FanIn80
I don't get it. It looks exactly like iTunes.
What's the attraction to this?
Edit: That's an honest question btw. Not intending to be flippant or whatever.
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One of the biggest reasons is this:
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Originally Posted by kermitology
If it can do everything that iTunes does and be light-weight it'll be awesome. Just get that support of iPhone/Touch
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iTunes is a piece of crap software on Windows, slow, heavy, eats resources. If this can be something much better and use less resources, that'll be great!
Songbird already supports iPods, hopefully soon it'll support the touch and iPhone as well.
As to using proprietary software for a piece of hardware... I don't think companies should be compelled to make their hardware open or go out of their way to make it easy for 3rd party developers. But if 3rd party developers want to take on the task, I also don't think the company should go out of their way to make it difficult for them, or worse use DMCA type laws to restrict them.
If I purchase the hardware, it's mine. If I want to use it as a doorstop, it's mine to choose. If I want to write some software to make it do flips, it's mine to choose. If companies constantly do things to stop me from doing that, I don't own my hardware, they do.
Perfect example is if someone runs a different OS than Windows or OS X. A Linux developer should be allowed to make a Linux program that lets them program their Harmony, or lets them put music on their iPod.
Some companies embrace community driven software like that. Apple doesn't because they're no different than Microsoft in terms locking you in any way they possibly can. At Apple its about the user experience as long as that doesn't conflict with their ability to retain ownership of whatever you buy from them.