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I don't really see why everyone hates iTunes. People complain about it syncing and deleting their songs. TURN SYNC OFF! (christ). It's not even enabled by default.
I stay away from third party apps because they tend to fuck up my music library. iTunes is here to stay in my house.
Holding the power and home for 10 seconds would kill any instance of it being locked up.
It's likely your timing, or you computer. It is pretty much impossible to brick an iPod.
It's ironic that Apple is making their music DRM free while at the same time cracking down on jailbreaking.
I mean honestly, the profit they make from apps must not be that much compared to the rest of their sales.
I'm going to start a new activist group. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Agriculture (PETA, not to be confused with PETA). These poor innocent plants are being enslaved by the human race as food, entertainment (Flowerbeds are EVIL!), and building materials (Log cabins aren't so nice...