Dude, you sound so bitter because your iPod battery crapped out on you. Had it really been 10 months in, it would have been covered under warranty. Were you rude and full of inflammatory words when you brought it in for service? Even if Apple wouldn't replace it, you could get the credit card company to (most cards like American Express give you 1 year of extended warranty on most purchases).
When the warranty runs out on a product, you're out of luck. That's with any company.
While we're on the subject of out of warranty service, I can tell you that I've brought my wife's MacBook in for service after the warranty expired. I was patient and polite with the store workers and when they couldn't help me, I asked for a manager.
Even though it was out of warranty, I ended up getting it serviced free of charge--they overnighted it to the repair center and then had it back 2 days later.
Just this past Tuesday, my sister's son accidentally dropped her iPad 3, which was cracked to the point of being harmful for a child to use. She called Apple and told them about it. After speaking which a manager, he offered to replace it free of charge. It was sent in on Wednesday; the replacement came back on Friday.
I don't know of any other company that treats their customers this well, do you?
Based on the tone of most of your posts, you seem like a difficult and argumentative person. Perhaps you could have gotten your iPod replaced had you carried yourself with a better attitude, just saying.
