ChrisRevocateur: If iTunes is DRM-free now, why was my ex unable to burn more than two copies of her own music (that she ripped herself, not bought or downloaded) less than 3 years ago if this apparent DRM-free thing started 8 years ago?
Sir_Kill_A_Lot: AFAIK to use iTunes you have to install this piece of #%§ first, that's more DRM than I can handle!
Wasn't there also a "feature" which scans your existing collection and sometimes does weird stuff?
Yes, I seem to recall iTunes somehow deleting files that weren't even related to iTunes in any way.
Then again, if you use Apple products, encountering any kind of user limitations shouldn't be any kind of surprise.
I really don't understand why people use services like iTunes. Even if we somehow would believe that it's all DRM-free (which I don't believe, but having never used the service, I really don't know), it still doesn't change the fact that everything you get from there is lossy. To the best of my knowledge Apple is so much against FLAC, that even their hardware (iPhones, etc.) don't play FLAC files.
I simply refuse to pay for lossy content, and that's why I haven't bought any non-physical forms of music to this date.