All my music gone to the iCloud (or bat cave for the good it does me)?

What the hell is up with iTunes? I've not been on there for ages since I listen to my music on iPod and on the bus so when I get home I normally don't want to listen to any more. I went on iTunes today anyway to have a look at some music on iTunes store and I noticed All of my music had lost its rating. Then I noticed when I tried to play a song it was streaming rather than just playing!

I mean surely they haven't done what I think they have done and physically removed all of my music from my computer in the last update. I mean is there iCloud such a pile of *** that they need to force the implementation on people?

Someone please tell me I don't need to re-download all of my music before I can listen to them offline again. No wonder Apple nearly died in the 90s. They don't seem to realise how good they are… When they aren't trying to force crappy ideas onto everyone. The iPhone wouldn't have done a thing without Steve Jobs' magic charisma and the iPad don't even make me laugh. Now it seems they are screwing their prized possessions as well.

Added (1). To be honest I've not been exposed to them all that much. I own an iPod, and iTunes and that is about it. Everything else I own is made by people I actually trust.

It's Apple. How are you not used to their crazy antics yet?

  • When i go to purchased on the itunes home page all my purchases are gone? I just got an iphone and i'm trying to download my itunes purchases on my laptop to put on my iphone but when i go to purchases its just blank. I've downloaded stuff from there before but now its not there. My laptop IS an authorized computer.
  • What can I do with MLB At Bat App? I want to watch out of area games live. Is that possible with the $2.99 a month subscription to the MLB At Bat app for iphone?
  • Virus all iTunes music is gone? The v9 virus got downloaded onto my computer. All of the music on my iTunes is gone. All of my files of music are gone iCloud can't be backup because of storage. I logged into my iTunes account and nothing showed up. So the real question is how do I get rid of the virus and how do I save my music on my phone? And if I delete songs (I have 809 on my iPhone ) are they gone forever after I delete them? Or will they still be on iTunes
  • My stupid iphone/apple/itunes messed up my phone, and now all my music is gone this is what keeps showing up. I'm supposed to have almost 400 songs and it'll only let me put 158 on my phone.wtf! Any snarky remarks and commentary are unwanted, and Yeah I'm annoyed since I paid 1000 dollars on my phone and i'm expecting the product to work properly.