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> Apple wound up completely monopolizing music sales for a decade iTunes was never big enough to count as a monopoly on music sales, not even close.
by swilliamsio 5y ago
> Apple wound up completely monopolizing music sales for a decade
iTunes was never big enough to count as a monopoly on music sales, not even close.
- kmeisthax 5y agoNo, but they were a monopoly on digital music sales. Specifically because it was the only music DRM iPods would work with, and competing MP3 players that supported other DRM schemes were pure garbage. By the time iTunes went DRM-free (in 2009), CD sales were about a third of what they were at their peak and digital was the industry's only growth market. 90% of 40% is still a huge chunk of the market.