Ping v Genius Sidebar

Like many others, I find Ping in its present form of no value. Fortunately, I read about Apple dumping the Genius sidebar before I installed iTunes 10.0.1, so I'm still on 10.0, with my Genius sidebar intact. I have now just gone to my iTunes account and turned off Ping and was informed that my Ping account will be deleted within 7 days - good! If I have no Ping account, does anyone know if the Genius sidebar will still be available in iTunes 10.0.1? I'd like to install it because of its professed security fixes, but I shall refrain if the Ping sidebar is still there, even if I no longer use Ping.

Whatever about the relative merits of Ping and Genius, a much more significant criticism of 10.0.1 to my mind is that rather than address the many bugs/problems/interface atrocities which iTunes 10 foisted on us, all we got was a reinforcement of this Ping rubbish. Priorities are utterly skew-ways, whether at the highest level of Apple management or within the iTunes Team.

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    Eliminating the Genius Sidebar is absolutely nonsensical from a business and customer relations perspective. Genius was becoming a viable option to Pandora and other music sites for identifying new music which was consistent with my musical tastes, and I was making an increasing number of my purchases directly through the sidebar. I will also be deleting the new version of iTunes and attempting to reinstall an earlier version with the Genius sidebar. Failing that, I will return to other sites to acquire new music. Way to go, Apple! You used to be known for your business savvy and customer focus. What happened?

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    It was replaced by the Ping sidebar. Whether Apple will ever go back to offering the Genius sidebar in some fashion no one here can say. You can comment to Apple on the matter via the Feedback page:
    http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
    Forum Tip: Since you're new here, you've probably not discovered the Search feature available on every Discussions page, but next time, it might save you time (and everyone else from having to answer the same question multiple times) if you search a couple of ways for a topic, both in the relevant forums, in the User Tips Library and in the Apple Knowledge Base before you post a question.
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    from here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/features/
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    See this thread:
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    iBrarian
    Re: How do you get the Genius Sidebar back on iTunes 11 
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    Agree......and I spent 7 grand with you all last year...I read a little more. I'm sorry but I don't need help creating playlists. I like the system learning my habits and suggesting songs I migtht like. 90% of my music purchases stem from this functionalilty. Gone now.

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