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Did anyone else assume the HN community was made up of people who aren't incompetent until now?

I'm not defending iTunes' current direction, but honestly. The sheer number of people so intimidated by their phones & iTunes that they just bypass the whole mess is very sad. If you can't spend all of 5 minutes figuring out how to sync the device you bought, then I seriously wonder why you are browsing a site like this.

iTunes & the sync model is a little convoluted for your average user, but c'mon guys. Step it up a little. If you can't figure out how to sync your iPhone without wiping it, please close your HN account ASAP.



It's not cause it's hard. It's because it's a pain the ass


It's really not, though. That's a good reason to not sync regularly, there is no excuse for being an HN member and not being able to sync at all without wiping the device.


Again, you're assuming "can't" instead for many of these people it's "Why would I waste my time syncing".

I have more apps than fit on many of my devices for instance. I have iPad and iPhone versions of the same apps in many cases.

Syncing only turns into pain as it's a pain to get exactly what you want on each device when you have a few hundred apps to go through.

All of my contacts and really anything important is in the cloud. All pictures are copied off from a program that doesn't suck, etc.

It's free and easy to just install the few apps I want on each device through the store.




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