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No: the iPod's success was in playing the vast library of pirated music everybody had collected on their desktop PC for years thanks to Napster, Kazaa, etc. Rem
by tantalor 7y ago
No: the iPod's success was in playing the vast library of pirated music everybody had collected on their desktop PC for years thanks to Napster, Kazaa, etc. Remember the fad of "burning" CDs? That was not based on "infrastructure-level cultural presence", but rampant music piracy in the 90s.
- dublinben 7y agoThis doesn't really explain why the iPod specifically was successful, as opposed to the numerous other MP3 players offered by other manufacturers like Creative, Sandisk, iRiver, Cowon, etc.