The author should launch iTunes on Windows and realize that Apple is pulling the same kind of crap on Windows.
Large companies have large egos.
Large companies have large egos.
As a PC user who aspired to buy a Mac at the time, I happened to like it. But I'd also wager it was one of the many reasons Safari for Windows didn't really take off.
But man was it fun to feel like you had some of the Mac's lickable UI on a PC.
Well played sir, now nobody who knows you from HN will ever touch your Macbook
Personally I'd say it was mild in comparison to the usability hell that Microsoft inflicted on Mac OS and later OS X users with its office programs.
If iTunes truly has a superior user experience (ha!) people will think, hey wouldn't it be nice if all my apps were like that.
It has not
Anyway, in the early days of iTunes on Windows, the design and looks was a big selling point.
This is the same for Office on OSX. Since most of the OSX apps have the same look & feel, having an application that is even slightly different is jarring.
On Windows though, it seems to me that most of the applications have gone the way of re-implementing their UI. This does not make iTunes on Windows any less horrible though, but it seems like a case of broken windows theory.
Apple generally doesn't try porting their software, iTunes being a notable exception. Google Maps however is rage inducing on iOS.
So, if all the apps they port doesn't follow the guidelines, can we conclude that Apple is also the Microsoft of the 2010s?
Can you clarify how it bothers you? I've found it to be not much different with my new 6S vs. my previous Sony Z3C. I feel like it has become less user-friendly on both platforms, but I don't recall significant differences between them.
Apple Maps, however, I cannot put up with.
Google's data is superior for points of interest but the app is less integrated with the platform (e.g. lock screen, watchOS)
Major gripes I still have is the inability to create a multi-destination route or to modify the plotted route. As far as I can tell it's only possible from the desktop site.
So true:) Apart from what's best for user experience,they tend to enforce their tech and design everywhere. But in this case, i feel material design shouldn't be an issues since it's now increasingly used on the web.