Why is the new iTunes make it so hard for me to manage my own music

As a standard everyday user and rather big music fan with a libary filled with 100's of gb's of music this new itunes is a downgrade for someone like myself who rather manage and organise my music. I don't care about bold album images and the terrible viewing options. i care about simple, easy and useful ways of listening and managing my own music.
The fact that as soon as the update was completed, the status and side bars where hidden makes it look to me like apple are trying to turn itunes into an app instead of creating a strong program that alows management and customisation.
The best feature for anyone that itunes HAD was display duplicates and they took that away for what?
Is there anyway to downgrade to itunes 10???

If you want to get most of the old look/feel of iTunes back, then choose "View" from the menu, and select "Show sidebar".

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http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201999
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distnoted.exe
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iPodService.exe
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iTunesHelper.exe
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iTunesPhotoProcessor.exe
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MDCrashReportTool.exe
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mDNSResponder.exe
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Why is the new iTunes make it so hard for me to manage my own music

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