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>The issue even with a DRM-free local iTunes library is: how are people going to keep that over 30 years? Parts of my MP3 library are 20 years old. Why do you
by ubermonkey 7y ago
>The issue even with a DRM-free local iTunes library is: how are people going to keep that over 30 years?
Parts of my MP3 library are 20 years old. Why do you think keeping them spinning a few more decades will be any harder?
>But for a local iTunes library you need IT admin skills to manage it, to back it up, to transfer it from one machine to the next, perhaps to understand that you can access the music without iTunes, etc. The vast majority of the public don't know how to do that.
Honestly, I think that's why streaming is taking over. Apple's approach to solving the sync problem was to rethink the whole paradigm, and so we got Apple Music instead of smarter iPhone/iPod sync. Sure, they get service revenue in the bargain, but to me it seems like an easy play.