According to Everything Pre, Apple has made the first move to screw Pre users by pushing an iTunes update that breaks the Pre's ability to sync with iTunes. It is irritating that Apple would do this because they do allow the Amazon MP3 Downloader app to sync purchases from Amazon with iTunes on a PC, and the Pre comes with an Amazon MP3 Store app already installed.
This move doesn't make sense to me because the only reason that anyone uses iTunes is if they already have an iPod or iPhone, and so I can't imagine that Jobs & Co. are somehow losing revenue from having a raft of Pre users using free Apple software but that won't buy Apple hardware. I haven't used the terrible iTunes store for several years now (due to playback problems with Apple's own hardware in regards to DRM'd junk from the iTunes store) and have bought all my music via Amazon. So, limiting me from being able to do this on the fly with my phone just because it happens to not be an iPhone seems to serve no other purpose than to add additional ill will in my mind towards Apple.
The "we're so cool, we don't need customers" philosophy is getting pretty close to causing you to lose another one, Steve-o. Interoperability is the key here - when will you get that?
