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userdeveloper
on May 15, 2012
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The hoop is not using the software. The hoop is having to install the software.
Why can't the iPod work without iTunes? (It can, but only with a lot of work.)
jiggy2011
on May 15, 2012
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IIRC correctly most of the older MP3 players didn't need any software beyond what was built into Windows. Of course this was the era of Windows 95/98 so how well that worked overall it's difficult to say.
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And most of the current mp3 players, as far as I know. iPods are the broken ones.
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Why can't the iPod work without iTunes? (It can, but only with a lot of work.)