I’ve been using iTunes for a while now. The music is good enough for me, and I don’t have to deal with the huge amount of jewel cases anymore. Price is OK, and buying music Sunday morning with all shops closed, it’s just ‘fun’.
There are things however where iTunes is brain-dead. I’m forced to use iTunes Germany because I happen to live in Germany. I do speak German, but I am Belgian. So…
- iTunes Germany is .. in German only. Really, I don’t have the chance to choose the language, I’m just considered to understand everything.
- I’m Belgian, so I want to buy Belgian music: no can do. (This is not really problem of Apple’s iTunes services..) This is the EU though! So I don’t see the problem. I travel to Belgium and buy music there. Why wouldn’t I be allowed to shop on the Belgian iTunes store, or the French one? Stupid.
- TV offerings on iTunes. ARE THEY NUTS? 2,49 EUR for 1 -ONE- episode!!!? It’s not even full quality, not even comparable with the DVD box (which is like half the price).
- TV offerings continued: Only dubbed in German? One of the best reasons one would buy on iTunes is to have the original version, and not the dubbed one. I have no chance on TV for that. So, why am I ranting on my blog about this? .. because Apple probably would just put these remarks in a box.
Why I keep using it? The music part is still OK enough. And the other services out there, don’t think they are better.
If you live in Japan as foreigner, and you see it all in Japanese.. Good luck!!!