05 December 2024

Not For Years

I feel like I should mention that I have not bought anything from iTunes for years.

Their store stops working when OS support ends.

So, when they stopped supporting my version of OSX, I stopped buying from them.

What I had used them for was to replace all the music I had on cassettes and CD's from the early '80's.

Napster facilitated my change from discrete physical media to using digital.

The music industry really should have realized that Napster was, effectively, a loss-leader that led many of us to be buying after trying.  It was handy for finding the correct version of the song I was wanting to buy.

They should also have noticed that a lot of the music people were "stealing" wasn't available for purchase because it was "out of print."  People wanted to buy it, but the music industry was refusing to sell it.  That did nobody any good.

Amazon has been just as convenient as iTunes for getting music, it's DRM free, and it works on all my devices.

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