He who is nospam said on Mon, 25 Dec 2017 13:02:12 -0500:

itunes is one of the most popular apps on *windows* because of all of
the functionality it offers, and unlike a mac, it's *not* bundled, so
windows users have to actually go download and install it themselves.

The main problem with iTunes bloatware is that it's *restrictive*.
It won't let you copy any mP3 song from any iPod to anywhere else.

Luckily a 100KByte older SharePod executable on the iPod solves that.