Now, as you all know, we usually have one article every two days. Today’s article (from Darkprinceofawesome/Nero) had really nothing to do with the future. So, enjoy this one, too.
We all know that music has an incredible power over the world, and the past few decades have been devoted to music expansion.
From records to tapes, to CD’s and now to files on a computer, music has evolved alongside society. Currently, Apple has a large slice of the music industry, mostly because of the hugely popular ipod.
According to a recent entry on Wired, itunes may account for 28% of all music sold worldwide in five short years. This isn’t surprising, seeing how itunes is already installed in 30% of all computers worldwide, and seeing that Amazon, being one of the few competitors of itunes, isn’t much of a threat also contributes to the reality of the situation.
Is this a bad thing? Will Apple have too much control in the future?
-Rika
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I think you make a great point here however all though majority of people are Ipod buyers or any kind of downloadable mp3 fan some people are still preferring regular cds and i know what your thinking..old people. well actually teens are actually reverting back to cds.
Right now it’s not a huge thing but one day more people might start preffering cds again which would losen power of the possible Apple take over, however it could go the other way and increase power too.
I think both ways are logical such as the Ipod is compact not so bulky, it’s downloadable, convenience,
and you get to pick what you want off the album I mean come on how often do you actually love the whole CD. However I also like CD because when your in a mood for one particular artist you have a variety and the players are a lot cheaper then the Ipod. But all together music is music no matter how it’s played.
I also that some people are switching to different kinds of mp3 players because iTunes isn’t as user friendly- and I have to agree they make everything so difficult.
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