What Caused The Death Of iTunes
By the time the software was euthanized earlier this year, it had become an embarrassment, a mess of greasy preference panes and grayed-out, unreliable content. We were glad to see it go. – The Atlantic
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How iTunes Saved The Music Business
Music played an outsize role in the evolution of the internet. As Larry Lessig put in Free Culture: “Filesharing music was the crack cocaine of the internet’s growth. It drove demand for access to the internet more powerfully than any other single application.” Jobs became the first licensed dealer in that drug and iTunes provided the saddle … Continue reading “How iTunes Saved The Music Business”
Dear iTunes, Thanks For Saving The Music Industry From Itself
In 2001, the music industry “faced an existential threat” because its “vanquishing of Napster turned out to be a pyrrhic victory: the genie had escaped from the bottle. Dozens of filesharing systems had come into being.” iTunes (even though it’s now bloated and terrible and leaving) “was a revelation,” and made paying for music online … Continue reading “Dear iTunes, Thanks For Saving The Music Industry From Itself”
iTunes, In Memoriam
Now that Apple is moving beyond iTunes, it’s worth remembering how revolutionary iTunes was. Before the iTunes Music Store, your best bet to find music online was through a file-sharing site like Napster. Your only legal options were either niche storefronts, or label-specific ones, none of them user-friendly. iTunes brought purchasing music online into the … Continue reading “iTunes, In Memoriam”
Is iTunes Headed For The Retirement Home?
iTunes had a good run, there’s no denying it. But it’s time for the world to move on. If Apple actually moves forward with its rumored iTunes plans, life could be significantly easier for those who have suffered with the tedious, poorly optimized app for years. – Mashable
Classical Music Is Broken Online. What iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music And The Others Should Do About It
It’s difficult to find music, hard to catalog, and just an overall pain in the neck to manage. The problem? “We’re treating around 300 years of music from various countries, forms, philosophies, and so on as one genre. As far as modern commercial music, we don’t group the past 50 years together” – Mac Rumors
Under Mounting Pressure, Apple Removes InfoWars Podcasts From iTunes
And Apple isn’t alone: “Apple has removed a number of podcasts created by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his InfoWars site from the Podcasts app and iTunes store. The decision to remove the content comes as Facebook also censures Jones, un-publishing four of the radio host’s pages this morning for violating the social network’s rules … Continue reading “Under Mounting Pressure, Apple Removes InfoWars Podcasts From iTunes”
How Scammers Are Laundering Bitcoin Through iTunes
Some schemers are essentially laundering their bitcoins through song purchases on Apple-owned media store iTunes. Although it’s unlikely to be widespread, the approach results in a legitimate payment from Apple—meaning fraudsters are then largely free to use their ill-gotten gains however they see fit.
Why A Track Of Ten Minutes Of Silence Is Climbing Apple’s iTunes Charts
On Twitter, people have called the song the best thing to ever happen to me,” and another claimed “you’ve just blessed my life in the most wonderful and unexpected of ways.”
Bandcamp Is The Awesome Alternative To iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, TIDAL And So Much More
“I often buy music on Bandcamp, because I know I’m putting a sandwich in someone’s mouth. But a lot more often, I just listen. All of the time I’ve spent there has felt beautifully unmediated, and mostly dedicated to one kind of music.”