If I were to write a letter to Mr Tim Cook, below are some of the things that I would put into it.....
People bought into the Apple eco system because their products are not only slick and beautiful but also easy to use, without sacrificing privacy, however this 12.7 iTunes update is far from what we normally expect of an Apple product, it may be considered beautiful by some, but it is not as easy to operate as we have come to expect from Apple.
Why the update? Lord only knows! Maybe it does have the safety that one would expect, maybe from the developers point of view it fits very nicely into Apple’s eco system, but I can tell you, it is far from easy! It may fit into Apple’s eco system, but it does not fit into ours!!
Yes there are work arounds, but why, this late in the game, do we need work arounds?
Why, after paying so much money for this kind of product, this level of technology , do we need work arounds?
Yes people say we can still drag and drop, using iTunes,but one has to know specifically where and how, who knows, how long that will be supported though, given the desire to have everything in the Cloud!
Yes comments were made that we should now use, or need to only use our devices to manage our apps or data, and maybe for some people that is a good way to go, but we have to remember that not everyone works in the same way....
We also have to remember that today’s population is getting older,
I belong to the baby boomer generation, and believe me, there are a lot of us, and so on an iPhone or iPad, even though we may use them for media consumption, using them to manage data is another thing altogether, using them to manage our data is not the way we want to go!
I can tell you that backing up and managing our data on a computer is much easier for most of us... given the size screen etc.....
( Just so you know, most of the time, I do not use my phone to browse the App Store for new apps, I use iTunes through a Computer! )
Not to mentioned that not all of us have unlimited internet!
So imagine if a person has hundreds of apps that he has purchased from Apple’s store? I am sure that some have more!
What if this person has to set up a new phone or iPad?
Do you see this person using his bandwidth to do this? Syncing from the App Store all his purchases? I think not!
So having your apps managed on a Computer is the easier not to mention, faster way to go Mr Cook...
Not to mention, that we do not always need all our apps at the same time, so for some of us, we may want to leave on our computer, the ones we don’t need, until we do,
Now you may say that the iPad takes care of that, that today you can offload all of your unused apps to the Cloud until you need them.. but if this app becomes unavailable in the App Store sometime in the future? What then?
According to Apple we will not be able to download them ever again!! So where do you see the value in that? Especially if you have paid good money for these apps?
No, like many, having them on your own computer, managing them yourself seems to be the better way to go!! At least the safer way to go, by far!!
I personally have apps that are still compatible with iOS 11 but are now not on the App Store, so where will that leave me, if I use the update 12.7 for iTunes?
How disappointing and sad, especially from a company that prides itself on making things easier for us consumers!
Why not give us the choice to switch back and forth, to be able to go one way or another?
That way everyone will be satisfied!!
Please reconsider this update!!
Thanks in advance......
Yep, this is part of what I would say, if I had the chance...
