Apple doesn't want us to continue using iTunes unless it is strictly necessary, such as making backup copies, restoring the terminal ... For a couple of years, the guys at Tim Cook eliminated access to the App Store, a move that hinders the work of those who we write, since it forces us to turn to the mobile phone at all times to search and link applications.
The disappearance of access to the App Store was the first step that Apple took, followed by the disappearance of Apple Books to begin to rethink the utility that iTunes offers us so far. Through iTunes we can not only make backup copies and restore our iPhone or iPad, but we can also listen to Apple Music, buy music, rent or buy movies ...
Too many functions that despite having eliminated access to the App Store and management of e-books, they continue to hamper the usefulness and operation of iTunes. New rumors suggest that iTunes as we know it today could change and spread to other applications.
At the moment everything seems to indicate that Apple will launch a own application for your music streaming service, an application that would also allow us to manage our music library. We will also be able to continue converting our music CDs into files so that we can play wherever we want.
Both Podcast like TV shows will also disappear from iTunes as we know it now. Apple will launch two different applications with which we will be able to enjoy our favorite podcasts and enjoy the content available on Apple's streaming video platform called Apple TV +.
Presumably, Apple will not separate all these functions into other applications solely on the Mac, but rather will also do it on Windows, since most of its customers use an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with this operating system, but the launch of macOS 10.15, the next version of macOS, will be the moment of its launch.
