Sour Note:
In my quest for new musical horizons, I started using Launch.com and quickly fell in love. Not only does it program your favorite artists but then makes suggestions based on those you give them. I’ve already bought several songs from the Apple Music Store based on their ideas.
Now I find out that Launch refuses to work on a Macintosh system even if you follow all of their requirements to the letter (WMP 7.0 or above, IE 5.5. Any Mac OS above 8.0 but lower than X. What’s next? A tuning fork jammed in your printer port?). I have a beautiful new iBook G4 that I bought with my book advance and I use at work. I figured Launch would be a great way to listen to music while sorting through the day’s mundane tasks. Instead, it sticks its tongue out.
Just what do they think they’re doing? Macs may be a small market share but iTunes and the Apple Music Store are rapidly pulling away from the pack. If people increasingly use their computers as juteboxes, Launch will leave itself out in the cold. Based on their attitude, its exactly what they deserve.
Is their an answer to this? Another program like Launch, for Mac People?
Update: I’ve posted to Lazyweb asking the same question. Who has designed (or will design) a plug-in to allow Launch.com to work on a Mac OS X system? Who knows an alternative program to use in the meantime?