As much iPods were a commercial success, they were absolutely dwarfed more than 10 to 1 by the number of standard mp3 players and those could not read DRM music

As much iPods were a commercial success, they were absolutely dwarfed more than 10 to 1 by the number of standard mp3 players and those could not read DRM music at all. Out of my whole high school, you only had maybe one or two guys with a real iPod and thousands of mp3 players. They were much cheaper to buy and even easier to use. And not sure why you bring smartphones, by the time modern smartphones were popular in the 2010s, people were using Spotify already. > The revenue is still not on 1999 levels. It should be much higher by now if piracy wasn't a possibility. Music piracy is at its lowest now it has ever been since the 80s.