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> The killer feature of the iPod was the iTunes music store. That wasn't launched until 2003, two years after the iPod, and it took a while for all the big mus
by duskwuff 2y ago
> The killer feature of the iPod was the iTunes music store.
That wasn't launched until 2003, two years after the iPod, and it took a while for all the big music labels to sign on. (Hell, it took until 2010 for the Beatles to show up.) The iPod was a success even without the music store; while it wasn't the only portable digital music player on the market, or even the first, it was the first good one.
- jandrese 2y agoThe first couple of generations of the iPod were a modest success, and then more as a fashion accessory than as a practical device. Lots of cultural cred, but the sales figures were pitiful compared to the subsequent generations.
- scarface_74 2y agoIt took Apple 2 years to ship the first million. It wasn’t successful at all until it came to Windows