itunes small player? (Score 0, Flamebait)

Not sure where you get your information, but as of Spring of 2008, iTunes is the largest retailer of music in the US. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080402-apple-passes-wal-mart-now-1-music-retailer-in-us.html The reason the platform needs to be iTunes compatible is because iTunes is the reason people buy ipods and even the iPhone. There have been many great mp3 players, but they always get crushed by Apple. Apple currently has 73% of the mp3 player market not because of the hardware,but because of the whole experience. The iTunes front end just makes it easy and easy sells. I'm interested in the Android phone, but if its like using most open source products, I'll stay with the iPhone and AT&T. I don't have the time to search for plug-ins and different software projects to make most open source projects work. And I'm sure the phone will be in "beta" for the next 10 years! You get what you pay for as they say.