How do I search the iTunes store from my PC's Web browser without being forwarded to the iTunes download page?

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How do I search the iTunes store from my PC's Web browser without being forwarded to the iTunes download page?

When I attempt to search the iTunes store using either Firefox or Chrome, instead of being able to look at the iTunes store in the browser, it automatically redirects me to the https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ page. I don't want to use iTunes on my PC, since I already have it on my phone. But I still wish to search for podcasts and album names in the iTunes store, while using my PC's browser. Even if I plug in the exact web page https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/game-masters-journey/id963947734?mt=2, I'm redirected away from that specific page and instead am redirected to the download page. How do I use my browser to access the iTunes Store?

Windows 10

Posted on Apr 28, 2017 6:57 PM

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ChrisJ4203

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Apr 28, 2017 7:05 PM in response to Scarecrow237

That is because you do not browse the iTunes store from a web browser, you do it from iTunes. If you have not got iTunes downloaded to the computer, then you need to download it so you can log into your Apple ID and browse the store from there.

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Scarecrow237 Author

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May 1, 2017 5:12 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

I've searched the iTunes store on many browsers on many other computers in the past and present, but I can't do so now on my own computer in any browser. Why did the behavior change?

I don't like how iTunes works on Windows so I'm never going to download it to my PC. Is Apple seriously deciding that allowing a majority of computer users (PCs with Windows and phones and tables with Android) outnumber iPhones and Macs) that they don't want their money?

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