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Early patrons of iTunes seem to be changing their minds and tend to consider other online music stores. Apple's iTunes may have seemed better after the updates it has undergone after its launch last 2000. Unfortunately, many users find the service old with its Microsoft Office look and feel. The service arranges songs in an old spreadsheet style and once a song gets mislabeled, the whole arrangement can slightly get out of its usual order.

For some users, being forced by iTunes to do the task of deleting or renaming hundreds of duplicate songs inside the users' long list of personal collection of songs can be tedious. According to Business Insider, the recent U.S. antitrust-trial also has a negative impact not only to non-users but to avid fans of the service as well. The current argument tells that the tech giant forces its customers to listen only to iTunes songs on their iPods and apparently, it leads users to delete non-iTunes songs in their iPods without users noticing. Even musician Bono once told Steve Jobs that he found the iTunes' over-all look as spreadsheet-esque.

On the other hand, Google Music, which was launched in 2011, sports a more beautiful and not so spreadsheet-like look. It is also one of the few apps that syncs well both on desktops and phones. Unlike its normally done in iTunes, accessing Google Music via desktop removes the scrolling and searching task. But just like its rival, Google Music also has its loopholes like its tedious settings which provide many options that allow users to either download music into thedevice, play them via cloud plus other buttons that controls the said options.

In addition, Apple has launched the iOS 8.1.2, which is the latest version of the tech giant's platform for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices. The latest version which was released earlier this week is capable of fixing bugs, which includes the bug that causes users to lose their ringtones that were purchased from iTunes, Apple Insider reports.