Why does apple continue to make the iPod HARDER to use?

I finally splunged down the money for one of the new iPod nanos. Great looking machine.

One MAJOR problem with it, just like generation 3. YOU HAVE to use itunes to move music. Itunes is one of the worst players as far as creating albums, and recognizing albums, in the market. Now sure, if you use itunes to rip and download every album you own, its not so bad. But think of it like this. It can't find album art for black sabbath and chicago albums, but it can for tenchu 2 soundtracks? Explain that. Can't even use your own created folders for songs. Now this is all on windows, so I'm not sure how it all works in the macs.

Even the psp is so much easier to use though. Open psp music folder- drag folders with songs into said folder, and BAM! Finished. Just like any other mp3 player.

Now the ipod, you have to first download itunes *Which, speaking of that, what if you don't have internet? YOU CAN'T USE THE Ipod WITHOUT SOME HACK!*, import all your songs into it, rename all you songs and folders, so itunes can actually recognize where the song is supposed to be, wait the long wait for itunes to see how long it takes for the next song to start, AND THEN sync it with the ipod. That sync parts a doozy.

My guess is that if you're listening to Black Sabbath, Chicago, and Tenchu 2 Soundtracks you need to start branching out. Try listening to music.SuperBallsBerg

I think Apple is just trying to lock you into using all their hardware and software : ) I find iTunes a pain to use also. I admit that I'm not the smartest person in the world, but Apple is supposed to be the most user-friendly technology company out there : )CountessChocula

Hmm... well if you find iTunes difficult to use then... I'm not even sure how you tie your shoes or take dumps in the correct place.

iTunes works fine, stop winging. geodisicdome

i agree.

and for the album art work bit, why dont you just google image search the album and copy and paste the image into itunes where it says ''insert album artwork'' for that album. shouldnt take more than a minute