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Apple built iTunes on the success of Kazaa.

• optimuspaul 7y ago
  that is an absurd assertion. iTunes predates Kazaa by several months and iTunes never had any P2P capabilities.
  • pbhjpbhj 7y ago
    It's not entirely absurd IMO, it could be that iTunes did so well because Kazaa, et al., had laid the groundwork for an expectation of "any tune, any time" and iTunes came closest to that?
    • optimuspaul 7y ago
      perhaps, I think iTunes did so well because of iPods and iPhones.
      • Holmes 7y ago
        People had gigabytes of free music on their computers and wanted a place to store them that enabled easy playback, hence the iPod. iTunes removed the friction necessary in piracy and priced inventory low enough to emerge as a viable alternative.