Yeah, Apple does this.

Back in the day, when Apple iTunes first appeared on the scene, I pondered converting my home PC infrastructure from Windows to Apple.

I purchased an iMac, and started to move everything over. I also purchased an AppleTV box to show my music on the TV.

I soon found out the error of my ways.

For starters, the iTunes software in both the iMac and the AppleTV boxen could not play the FLAC files I had in my music reservoir.

And, it went downhill from there.

So, now, I am back to Windows (for better or worse) for the main PC client here, though I am typing this comment on Linux Mint (worth a look, imho. Far better than what Apple offered to me.)

Long story short, Apple's Walled Garden (i.e., the restrictions that Apple seems to impost upon its customers) were not something I wanted to support.

YMMV.