At the height of its power the pocket-sized music player known as the iPod shifted tens of millions of units each year, helping Apple to conquer the globe and transforming the music industry. But that was the mid-2000s a lifetime ago in the tech industry. After years of declining sales, the US tech giant announced…
But that was the mid-2000s a lifetime ago in the tech industry. After years of declining sales, the US tech giant announced on Tuesday it was stopping production after 21 years. “It didn’t just change the way we all listen to music, it changed the entire music industry,” Apple founder Steve Jobs said of the iPod in 2007.File-sharing platform Napster had horrified the industry by dispensing with any idea of paying the record companies or musicians.
“People are now spending money in ways they weren’t before,” said Bourreau, highlighting money from streaming.But the writing was on the wall for the iPod as early as 2007 when Jobs launched the iPhone.
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