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No, 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 suppor
by kmeisthax 5y ago
No, 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.