You can legally download music and TV shows and play them on the john or whatever, you can organize them and rate them and burn them and share them.
If that doesn't do it for you, then don't buy one.
You almost sound just a tad hostile. Let me be clear: I'm not trying to razz ppl who like Ipods. I am not saying they are good or bad. I really am just trying to understand what they are all about. Obviously, they have become nearly ubiquitous. My impression was that it's an mp3 player, and if so, I am trying to understand why it's taken off so mightily compared to similar products by other companies. For all I know, it slices bread. So I'm just asking. I'm not copping any 'tude about it.