iTunes going away?

So there's a credible rumor "iTunes" is being broken up into separate apps for different functions. . .

Apple May Be Planning to Break Up iTunes With New Music and Podcast Apps for Mac

Anybody else use iTunes as their primary digital organization and listening resource, and are worried Apple might soon do away with iTunes as a file organization and listening resource altogether? There seems to be a lot of support in those comments for getting rid of iTunes altogether, and I'm sure Apple's listening.

I don't buy downloads or stream from iTunes, but I do rip CD albums w/ dbpoweramp to 16bit/44.1 AIFF for archiving then make 320kbps mp3 copies to drop into iTunes for listening via laptop/iphone through headphones or home stereo.

I've been making playlists in iTunes and listening to my library this way since about 2004. It's easy and convenient. Not sure what I'd do if Apple did away with iTunes. Opinions, or alternative software to check out before it's too late?

 

And some people got rid all there cds and records silly me I have all mine still...

 

I suspect there will be a “Music” app with all of iTunes’ core functionality, without the movie and TV libraries, etc.

 

One of the biggest complaints for years about iTunes is how bloated it is when they continued to add features. I can't help but feel them making separate apps for the different features is better than continually trying to cram things into the already bloated program. I only use iTunes on my MacBook where I listen to my ALAC files other than that I don't use any of the other parts of iTunes anymore.

 

It may happen. Look for changes with upcoming IOS.

 

It's all about managing my fairly large music library using Smart Playlist's to me. With good tagging I'm still mashing genius playlists too. Are there any other alternatives?