iTunes

[Webhead]

Yeah, Apple really needs to overhaul that whole thing and make it usable through the web browser. That would be a start. Having to install that giant clunky bloatware thing is ridiculous. Although these days I guess it really doesn't even matter where you get the music from or what you play the music on. All the stores and apps are all about the same.

I will say this though (going off-topic a bit here),... but the Google Play store saved my butt a few weeks ago. I put off watching The Walking Dead when the second half of S4 started. I figured I could just marathon them on-demand through the Comcast app. Well little did I know that they only keep the most current 3-4 episodes. So by the time I went to start watching, E1 and 2 were not on there. And torrent is not very good lately. Seems like the whole torrenting thing is kinda becoming less and less now that service providers have full power to throttle you as they desire. But anyway, so I went to my Apple TV and figured I could just rent those 2 episodes for a couple bucks each. Nope! Not in the iTunes store. Lame!!

So last effort, I went to my laptop and googled, "walking dead google play". I didn't have much experience with Google Play but I figured why not give it a try. And sure enough, there is a Google play app for the iPad and the episodes were available through the Play store. $2 each. Done!! Paid for them on the laptop, they automatically appeared on the Play app and a couple hours later I was caught up with E1-2 and then I could then switch over to watching the rest through on-demand on the TV.

Did something similar with the latest season of Portlandia. Google Play is now my go-to place when I need a reliable place to get something I need to watch.

So for TV watching,...
-1 for Apple
+1 for Google