[ykka]

Tbh, when I bought my iPad and you didn't need to register it via iTunes I was relieved. For 3 years I didn't connect it to the computer so it never touched iTunes - this is how much I hate iTunes.

+ I am always afraid that if you sync with iTunes (yeah, soooo 2007) that I am going to lose something somewhere, a file, a tune, image or - for sure - a PDF in iBooks.

I've had so many things "lost" that way. Without warning, or a summary or an opportunity to make my decision.

iTunes sucks, big time.

[nsxwolf]

And yet if you don't, you risk losing purchases when Apple loses the distribution rights to something. The little cloud download button gives people a false sense of security, but I've lost a lot of music and TV shows by not keeping backups on my hard drive. Apple really pushes this feature, but when you get stung by a removal, iTunes support will say "what, didn't you read the fine print?"

[ykka]

Didn't know about that. Thanks for telling me.

It still sucks though.