Many years ago, I switched from a Palm Pre to an iPhone because I wanted a product that had large market share so that my issues would not be unique and would be quickly solved. I constantly consider switching to an Android device just to avoid using iTunes to sync with my phone.
I like the idea of moving all non-music related things (movies, books, apps, etc) out of iTunes, but we don't need 16 seperate apps to do so.
Also I counted 4 apps for just managing devices alone.