Jason Snell for Macworld:

The iTunes we’ve all come to know has had a good run, but it’s reached the point where it is a crazy agglomeration of features and functionality. If someone were to design it today, it wouldn’t remotely resemble its current state. And as a portal to iOS devices and the iTunes Store, iTunes is too crucial to Apple’s business to ignore or run on auto-pilot.When it comes to hardware, Apple is bold in replacing popular old products with something new that’s different, but better. It’s time for the company to do the same with iTunes.

I could not agree more. I’ve come to hate iTunes, partly because I’m required to depend on it to do so much. For a company so well-known for simple, effective design, Apple really needs to completely rethink iTunes’ “kitchen sink” approach.