I have now lost all respect for a British publication called the Telegraph. (Well, not all respect, just some.) The reason for my decline in faith is due to a recent article publishing the ten worst inventions by Apple. iTunes was at the top of the list, with the Telegraph providing the following logic for this placement: There’s no free music-streaming element, no Zune-like wireless syncing, the store’s pricing strategy has come under pressure from rivals, and the iTunes platform itself is derided by many as slow and prone to crashes. Even the occasional new feature – such as the Genius feature, to create playlists of “songs that go great together” – cannot stop iTunes from feeling like a tired piece of software that’s a step behind other music services. Apple fans…
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