I despise iTunes, it's clunky and I hate that it forces me to install their video player onto my PC. I'd rather not have something like this.
But I do agree that Android doesn't have a STOCK backup solution like iOS has, but I like the cloud backup MUCH more. Some Android programs are very good, like Titanium backup (which needs root), but there is no completely seamless backup option like iOS, it's just so seamless and invisible.
iTunes no longer requires mandatory QuickTime installations on Windows.