Because it's not germane to criticism of the Zune. If it is easy to make a Zune do something and Microsoft elected not to have the Zune do it, then Microsoft should still be criticized. If someone criticizes a model of car for having sluggish acceleration, it is not a valid response to say "you can make it accelerate faster by modifying it." The Zune is the product that Microsoft delivers, not the product that someone else can make out of a Zune by using it as raw material.

I don't see anything in the iPod article that "gives credit" to the iPod for functionality that can be achieved only by modifying it.

If someone thinks the hacks are important, they can start a separate section entitled "hacks."  (talk)