If the smoothness included my existing hardware then I would probably pay for the premium experience.
Apparently the described functionality is possible between windows and android but not out of the box (nor probably securely).
You are correct. It’s the horizontal exclusion I dislike, not the vertical integration.
Sounds cool, but not enough to get me to buy a macbook and iphone (I’m assuming it doesn’t work with android).
Ah OK.
Does this feature work with my Android or will I need to buy an IPhone as well as a MacBook?
Yes. My experience was many years ago, but it was annoying enough to put me off trying to integrate Apple with other ecosystems.
On android I can connect via USB and just drag the music onto the device.
I couldn’t do this when I had an iPod. I had to go through iTunes and that had to sync before I could do anything.
Because I have invested in various non apple technologies (phones, pcs, earphones, vr headsets) which don’t play nicely with iOS
Can you copy and paste from Android to Windows?
Yes. Plugged in as MTP has never given me a problem transferring mp3s. No need to rebuild databases. Just drag and drop.
How about Android to ChromeOS?
Never tried.
I had my mp3s on windows98 but ITunes only ran on XP so I had all sorts of problems.
ITunes on a mac I presume.
ITunes on a PC didn’t work well over networks.
If you already have a Windows PC and you buy an apple product.
It was a nightmare getting music on and off an iPod using windows.
It put me right off Apple.
Historically much better for pro audio. (Less so now).
But try copying from Apple to Windows
Vertical integration is precisely what stops me from buying apple.
I’ve been asking Gemini a few questions, gradually building up the complexity of the prompt until back in nineteen ninety eight the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcers table.
Is that institution on a Spanish island?