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And sell outrageously priced MP3 players. There’s no way people were stocking those things with music they paid for.
by 39896880 2y ago
And sell outrageously priced MP3 players. There’s no way people were stocking those things with music they paid for.
- QuarterReptile 2y agoMostly, yeah. My dad, brothers, and I (all one household) had probably 200 CDs between us that we ripped and listened to repeatedly. Paid once per person? Doubtful, but yes, we paid.
- echelon 2y agoThis is exactly what happens when a reverse salient collapses and opens up a new channel of distribution.
- jdenning 2y agoOT: thanks for introducing me to the term “reverse salient”! That’s a very useful concept.
- musicale 2y ago> outrageously priced MP3 players Like the best Apple designs, the iPod redefined its product category. And it put Apple back on track for ARM-based mobile devices. > There’s no way people were stocking those things with music they paid for Indeed. But you could also rip physical CDs, and the iTunes store managed to sell a lot of 99 cent song downloads, as it was legal, easier than messing with file sharing, and cheaper than buying a whole CD just for a single song. Arguably the music industry messed up greatly by not making CD singles cheap and ubiquitous (and solving issues with 3" CDs in slot-loading car players, etc.)
- samatman 2y ago> no wireless. less space than a nomad. outrageously expensive