Just to clear up some misinformation.

You can use many free utilities to copy your music on and off of the iPod. Floola is a particularly good one for windows, Senuti is a mac os x one, and Amarok on linux.

Some prefer drag and drop, some prefer syncing. The choices are definitely there... even iTunes lets you choose between "Manually Manage your iPod" or Syncing.

If your iPod is set to sync with your computer, it will ask upon plugging into someone elses computer to erase the contents and sync with the new library. But if you set it to Manually Manage, it will just show up in the iTunes source list (or 3rd party app) and will let you drag and drop whatever you want.

I myself am fond of the syncing, as my iTunes automatically downloads new podcasts and tv shows. Once I pop my iPhone in the dock it can remove shows I've watched to make room for the new stuff, its awesomely convenient.



And whats with "Hating Steve Jobs and Apple"... lol. Thats as absurd as me hating on Ari Jaaksi for not giving me PowerVR support and having no PIM suites. Come on, be reasonable.