That was the experience that moved me from an iPhone to android several years ago - not only that I had to wipe my phone to sync, but that<p>* I couldn&#x27;t back up what was on the phone (without first wiping the phone)
* that iTunes wouldn&#x27;t let me re-download any music I had bought (this was pre-iCloud)
* this was the second time it happened to me - the first time was with an iPod pretty early in their existence, so I was willing to accept incomplete options.  (I&#x27;m rough on laptops, which is what I had been syncing to)<p>Seeing that they had no interest in improving this situation after years of being aware of it, I bailed.  I&#x27;m told that Apple is now better about repeat downloads from their store and have stopped considering the PC as the source of truth for the device but they still are terrible for families with multiple accounts but not one Mac&#x2F;PC per user.<p>Frankly, I&#x27;m glad Apple is out there pushing boundaries, but I&#x27;ve not missed anything from my iPhone.  (my Macbook remains a great Unix-ey device)