I agree, it is. iTunes would be nothing without the iPod. It's not even that great a piece of software, and it never was, even prior to when Apple bought it. A

I agree, it is. iTunes would be nothing without the iPod. It's not even that great a piece of software, and it never was, even prior to when Apple bought it. Apple is consistently been anti-open everything, and iTunes is another example. Can't use their hardware with other OSes. Can't use their OSes with other hardware. The only reason they opened up the iPhone was because people were vehemently demanding it and were going to open the thing up by themselves if Apple wasn't.