re: using an alternate music player<p>with my 200 GB&#x2F; 50k song library, iTunes is absolutely unusable, and I completely abandoned it last year. Apple has crammed so much into iTunes and just bloated the hell out of it, which is unsurprising for a design philosophy that layered all their media services on top of one another.<p>My replacement has been using Rdio and Swinsian. Rdio lets me stream most of what I have in my library as well as new releases. Swinsian is still necessary for obscure or underground music I&#x27;ve downloaded that aren&#x27;t available on streaming services, as well as my personal vinyl rips, which make up maybe 1&#x2F;5 of my library. so while music consumption is definitely moving away from downloaded files to streaming, there are still niche needs for a dedicated file player.<p>Unfortunately, with the recent news about Rdio, I have no idea what streaming service I&#x27;m gonna migrate to. Audio nerds recommend Tidal, my family uses Spotify, so I&#x27;ll probably give those two and Apple Music a trial spin and evaluate.