You probably don’t need iTunes on Windows anymore.

So they are getting rid of digital downloads. Terrible news

    • small44@lemmy.worldBannedOPEnglish
      311·
      3 years ago

      I guess i didn’t express it correctly. I know that music i already purchase could be transfered to apple music but once itunes is dead for music, you could not buy any new music

      • Hux@lemmy.mlEnglish
        81·
        3 years ago

        Again, you are assuming too much.

        In the first link I provided:

        Buy music from the iTunes Store: If you don’t subscribe to Apple Music and you want to add your favourite songs or albums, you can buy and download music from the iTunes Store. And if you previously purchased items from the iTunes Store, you can download them to your authorised computers and devices (up to 10 total).

    • small44@lemmy.worldBannedOPEnglish
      17·
      3 years ago

      That’s only for music you already bought just like Google did with Youtube music when they killed Google Play Music

      • Hux@lemmy.mlEnglish
        42·
        3 years ago

        You can 100% continue to purchase content and add to your library. Just because the apps have split (as they already have on Apple’s own platforms), does not mean you can not download purchased content or continue to purchase new content for download.

        https://support.apple.com/guide/music-windows/build-your-music-library-mus0f01bdce4/1.4/windows/10

        Buy music from the iTunes Store If you don’t subscribe to Apple Music and you want to add your favorite songs or albums, you can buy and download music from the iTunes Store. And if you previously purchased items from the iTunes Store, you can download them to your authorized computers and devices (up to 10 total).

  • Greg@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    Note that you can still download your music, movies and tv shows for offline use. These are basically the same apps that Mac users have been using instead of iTunes for awhile now.

  • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    3 years ago

    Found iTunes impossible to uninstall back in the Win7 days and never used it since. Also Spotify exists and is still acceptable enough to use so…

    • small44@lemmy.worldBannedOPEnglish
      61·
      3 years ago

      There’s still people like me who want to buy digital albums. A lot of artists refuse to put their music on Bandcamp but have music on itunes

      • Hux@lemmy.mlEnglish
        41·
        3 years ago

        You can 100% continue to purchase content and add to your library. Just because the apps have split (as they already have on Apple’s own platforms), does not mean you can not download purchased content or continue to purchase new content for download.

        https://support.apple.com/guide/music-windows/build-your-music-library-mus0f01bdce4/1.4/windows/10

        Buy music from the iTunes Store If you don’t subscribe to Apple Music and you want to add your favorite songs or albums, you can buy and download music from the iTunes Store. And if you previously purchased items from the iTunes Store, you can download them to your authorized computers and devices (up to 10 total).

      • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        3 years ago

        Well, when there’s a service problem, I’d rather sail than ‘buying’ digital.

        • small44@lemmy.worldBannedOPEnglish
          11·
          3 years ago

          I don’t wan to pay for music i don’t own, the free version of Spotify is pretty useless due to the severe limitations, spotify grayed a lot of songs in my playlists because of uncleared samples and I also want to support artists when I can afford it

          Since i’m not paying for streaming services, I can’t download the tracks for offline playback and on Spotify the limit is 10k tracks but my library is over 40k tracks.I also think local players are better than sttreaming services players. My music player Musicolet is the only music player that allows me to create queues so i don’t have to remember the latest track i listened to on every playlists