[wvenable]

Out of all the consumer electronics companies, Apple makes the best software.

(Edit: This is not a compliment)

[e40]

It's pretty clear that iTunes is one of the worst pieces of software available on Mac or Windows. It certainly makes the top 10.

[MaysonL]

One of the worst widely distributed and used pieces of software. There are many, many, crappies, buggier, pieces of software out there; it's just that nobody has to use them.

[gumby]

Sad to say, the bar is so low that I agree -- they make the least terrible software of a consumer electronics company.

It's how I've felt for decades as a Mac user: boy they suck, but they suck less than any of the (desktop) alternatives.

(edit: I see you updated your post to clarify -- now this is redundant.)

[mxfh]

And it wants you to be a consumer badly. The case described here, is of a producer/artist loosing unique works due to a consumer software rationale, that assumes that all in the reach of the software is not yours and thereby at whims of the license givers/maintainers.

[wvenable]

Also Apple only begrudgingly supports Enterprise customers with their iDevices. It seems like it should be a huge opportunity for Microsoft to make a dent with their mobile platform but they decided to focus on the consumer market as well.

[NicoJuicy]

Tell that to the author of this post

[andrepd]

I beg to differ.