Although Apple announced the end of iTunes as we know it and their split in the new macOS 10.15 Catalina operating system, the final death is not yet waiting for them. There is another platform in the game where they will remain intact.
Most users literally cheered and devoured every confirmation that the behemoth called iTunes was ending. However, there was a certain group that felt uncertainty and tension. While Craig Federeghi was cracking one joke after another during the opening Keynote of this year's WWDC 2019, some users bristled. They were Windows PC users.
It's a well-known fact that not every iPhone owner is a Mac owner. Actually, it's not even surprising that a significant portion of Apple smartphone users simply don't have a Mac. They don't have to be employees of a corporation to simply not have a computer from Cupertino and at the same time own an iPhone.
So while everyone is looking forward to macOS 10.15 Catalina, where iTunes splits into separate apps Music, TV and Podcasts, Windows PC users were in for a treat. Additionally, Apple kept quiet during the Keynote about how it plans to handle its version of iTunes for Windows.
iTunes survived its death
The plans were unclear until WWDC attendees were asked directly. Apple actually has no plans for a version of iTunes for Windows. The application will therefore remain in the same unchanged form and updates will continue to be issued for it.
And so, while working with the iPhone and other devices will be significantly simplified on the Mac and we will get modern specialized applications, PC owners will continue to be dependent on a cumbersome application. It will still integrate all functions as before and will still be proverbially slow.
Fortunately, over the past few years, the dependence of iOS devices on iTunes has decreased rapidly, and today we basically do not need them at all, except perhaps for physical backups of the device for a complete recovery. And the vast majority of users do this very sporadically, if not at all. More or less, the situation will not change.
Petr Škuta 
David Hanak 
