On another software making discussion forum I participate in, we have a saying: don't write software for people who don't pay money for software. I hope I'm not being totally uncouth in suggesting that variants of this remain good advice.
Nobody has to pay for B2C software directly as long as it is monetizeable. Charging users directly isn't the only way to make money.
In this case the music industry reduces the possible monetization options and limits prospects even further with threats of lawsuits. That is what the issue is here.
what are these pop-ups? where do i get a bitter rent client ? i type in the google my songs, but i get all these pages.. how do i download from google with the bitter rent client? okay, okay, i did what you told me. now, it says downloaded. where did it go? i have a downloads folder? i dont want it on my desktop so i deleted it. how do i get it on my ipod?
also, it is much faster / more convenient and reliable.
OK, torrent client + thepiratebay/mininova/etc. I've never really had any problems with finding what I need, assuming it existed. It would seem some people do, though.
