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Apple sold over 300 million iPods, 16 billion songs

article published on 4 October, 2011

Apple CEO Tim Cook gives some information on Apple's music-related business. It has been 10 years since the iPod launched and revolutionized the music industry. The market share of the iPod is more than 70% across the world, and has been for a long time now, Cook demonstrated on stage. In total, Apple has sold over 300 million iPods around the world since it first launched. 45 million ... [ read the full article ]

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No_ID
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4. October 2011 @ 13:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That's 16 billion songs that people won't be able to use on anything other than an Apple device. Just know, that if you want to leave Apple, you will be leaving all of those songs you payed for and everything else their proprietary system chains you to.
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4. October 2011 @ 13:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by No_ID:
That's 16 billion songs that people won't be able to use on anything other than an Apple device. Just know, that if you want to leave Apple, you will be leaving all of those songs you payed for and everything else their proprietary system chains you to.
While that is true, you have to note that they do offer DRM-free music now, granted its at a premium...

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4. October 2011 @ 13:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Also, there are many different file format converters
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No_ID
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4. October 2011 @ 13:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wasn't Apple undergoing an anti-trust investigation for iTunes? Or did I just make that up? I can't remember if I read about that or not.
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