Use of iTunes Mandatory for iPods?

A relative is thinking about buying an iPod. Do you have to use iTunes to load music onto the iPod? Can you use standard Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer) to drag MP3 files onto the iPod like it was an external disk / memory stick?
Thanks.

You cannot just drag tracks to an iPod, not if you want the iPod to play them. There are some third-party applications y such as Anapod, Ephpod, or Xplay that can copy tracks to an iPod. But if your relative wants full support for the iPod, particularly the ability to purchase, play and load tracks from the iTunes Music Store, the iTunes will indeed be mandatory.

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