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Comment by plolio | Hacker News Reader

Are people still using iTunes?

I am. I bought a bunch of music on it before Spotify was around, and I still have an “ownership” mindset with respect to content that I think I really like. I still have buyer’s remorse on certain albums and tracks, but that’s just the nature of things for me.

Not trying to be snarky, but why would you have to use iTunes to play music you own? Can't you just play it on whatever device with whatever software you choose?

If your player of choice is iTunes then sure, go for it! But I read your comment as a choice between iTunes or Spotify/other streaming.

I also have loads of music purchased from various online stores and (even more) ripped from the many, many CDs I bought over the years. I don't subscribe to Spotify and listen to my purchased music as much as anything else. I still haven't touched iTunes in years.

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I bought the music using iTunes as well. I also bought many tracks and albums using Beatport. I only really started using iTunes after I got an iPhone because it is easier to sync music to the iPhone using iTunes.

By iTunes I believe they are referring to the ability to watch movies from the Apple iTunes Store which is available on Mac, iPhones, iPods, and AppleTvs. Not referring to the iTunes Mac/Windows software, though yes, still very popular.

not so much for managing content on a device (though I do still have an itunes library) but itunes store is actually very good competitive prices and Im not locked into amazon with all my digital content.

Are there people who allow their TVs connect to the Internet?

Yes, it's nice feature on these samsung smart tv. You can login to youtube, netflix hulu...to watch content from these over internet. My mom loves it

It is a really easy decision for most consumers these days since many TV's have built in media players. Why buy a TV and a media player when you can just connect the TV to the internet and have a media player integrated?

Another example of “I haven’t owned a TV IN 10 years. Do people still watch tv?”

I do! It’s easy to do, the features are nice, and it’s convenient.

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