If you need to put music onto your iPod using a computer that doesn't have iTunes on it (which is 9,999 PC's out of 10,000) well then, tough.

Well, no. It's a piece of hardware that needs a piece of software like many other pieces of hardware do. You just install iTunes, which comes on the CD with the iPod, or you download it for free. It's like saying, "If you need to burn a CD with your CD burner using a computer that doesn't have CD burning software on it, well then, tough." Which is just silly.

There are a lot of other silly things in there, but I try not to get worked up over people's opinions of things. Obviously this person's opinions aren't going to affect anyone who owns, or who wants to own, an iPod.

Oh, well, okay, just one more.

If my music player dies because I plug it into cellular phone charger by mistake I can restore it from my backup in minutes. I can, that is, unless I own an iPod.

I'm not sure what he's saying here because if your iPod gets wiped for whatever reason, you just plug it into your computer and sync it again, and it's just like it was before. But there again, it's just someone speaking from ignorance of the subject, with no firsthand knowledge.

Link from Lileks.com.