On 2024-08-08 4:53 p.m., Charlie Glock wrote:
> On 2024-08-08, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
>> -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
>>> CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ... prevent third-party software from synchronizing music to the iPhone
>>>> 13, and why the fuck does it not support FLAC?
>>>
>>> That would appear to be a question of why no FLAC software App writer has
>>> jumped through Apple’s hoops to get their software approved.
>>
>>
>> Apple is a shit platform, they don't support what they don't wish to.
>> Admittedly, I've hit some walls like that with openSUSE too, but at
>> least it's not payware, I'm tolerating that to get the benefits of
>> such a robust distro.
>>
>>
>>>> Hell, iTunes doesn't even
>>>> allow you to rip CDs anymore …
>>>
>>> Since when? Last time I ripped a CD into iTunes was like 2-3 months ago &
>>> it worked fine.
>>
>>
>> Why would you use iTunes, and not CDex? Although you may be talking
>> on a Mac, I guess, is that the case?
>>
> Apple is a decent platform as long as you have a ring in your nose and like to be led around by it.
> Do things the Apple way or those things get difficult.
> TBH I could never figure out why people would want to use Apple but if they are happy, so be it.

If you're willing to release any control you have over your computer or
the media you purchased, the convenience Apple offers you is
interesting. Releasing control is something I always had a lot of
difficulty with. My personality is incompatible with leftist fascism.

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