With regard to #1, there are so many people that have an automatic built-in aversion to anything Apple, and will vote down whatever is offered here.

I have been building PC computers and writing PC software since 1983, yet my iPad is the best thing I have ever owned, though I still spend ages in front of them both.

Whether it is jealousy, ignorance, or just plain unfounded bias I don't know, but please ignore all down-voted Apple orientated software offered here, and judge it for yourself on it's merits after testing it.

This comment will have huge negative response too, which again merely demonstrates my point!

Keith  –  10 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+128)

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"... without running iTunes" it says. But to activate it, I had to install iTunes first.

gergn  –  10 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+123)

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...it says..."without having to run ITUNES"...but it needs ITUNES installed to be able to run...

zekaralho  –  10 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+67)

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Re #1, The rating score only shows from how many different IP addresses the thumbs up and down icons have been clicked. Nothing else.

Some people rate the quality of the software ("does it do what it promises?"), others if they like its functionalities ("can I do something useful or entertaining with this software?"). A third category links the functionality with the normal price ("is this software cost effective if I were to buy a licence?"). And so on, and so on.

In this case: the software promises it can work without iTunes. That is not true, because I need iTunes to activate it. So ...

gergn  –  10 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+56)

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"How do I make an informed choice when 22 minutes after offering, there are 50 ‘thumbs down’?"

Oh, I dunno - install the software and make up your own mind instead of expecting others to do your research for you?

As for the idea that there surely can be no legitimate reason for not liking this program, (i.e. voting it down) someone needs to learn how opinions work. I don't like that this company wants forty bucks for their program while iTunes is free. And even more ludicrously, you must have iTunes installed for this program to work! What's the point? Sounds like perfectly good grounds for voting it down to me, and I fail to see how this qualifies as "anti-Apple" bias.

"This comment will have huge negative response too, which again merely demonstrates my point!"

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Precisely.

Guiseppe Madre  –  10 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+55)

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