Why is the Sync functionality so terrible?

I just tried to sync two movies from my computer to my iPod Touch and instead iTunes just wiped out all of my music on the iPod.
All I want is to be able to sync across more than one computer. Now I have to go back to my desktop and hope that the music is still somewhere on there (I had to reinstall a bit back b/c a virus). I just don't understand who synching videos automatically means you want iTunes to run rampant on your iPod or why iTunes will wipe out music (not from the iTunes store) from my iPod rather than copying it to my computer.
Has anyone gotten sync to work the way they wanted? If so, how?

Hi, welcome to Apple Discussions.
The iTunes/iPod model has always been to support automatic sync to just one iTunes library. "Syncing", apart from store purchases, is also one way - library to device. Earlier models have also supported a *manual management* mode (i.e. turn off the Automatically sync... option) which allows content to be added from whichever library the iPod is connected to. For reasons beyond our ken Apple have changed, either by accident or design, the manual management behaviour on the iPhone and iPod Touch. While letting you drag tracks on or off the device, when the device is actually updated it goes on to check that each track you have on the device is also in the current library. If not it is removed from the device. This behaviour is not transparent and has no doubt confused more than a few users, particularly those familiar with older models.
I believe that some of the 3rd party content managers behave differently but I've not tested any personally.
tt2

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