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Perhaps if iTunes didn't suck, and if I could use it in my browser of choice, I'd like it more. But as it stands I won't ever use it. Last.fm does everything I need and more, doesn't take up yet another spot in the in iTunes.

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I've never understood why the iTunes store couldn't just be a website. Browse and preview when and where you want, and the iTunes app invisibly starts downloading purchases as soon as it's able.

The bizarre part is that most of the store actually is a website (CSS/HTML), and iTunes renders it with Webkit, but it can only be viewed from within iTunes...

I wonder what it would take to fake the User Agent such that it can be loaded in Chrome or Safari? Wish I had time to tinker with it. :)

It's a weird mix of the worst of both worlds. It feels very much like a Web site (i.e. slow), yet I cannot do useful Web stuff, such as open links in new tabs so as to not lose my place when browsing around.

Very frustrating, so I don't use it.

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