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Apple Saved Music. Why Not TV?

2021/10/20
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Land of the Giants

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The music industry faced a crisis due to file sharing services like Napster, but Apple's introduction of the iTunes Store provided a legal and convenient solution, saving the industry and establishing Apple as a major player.

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Back in the early 2000s, file sharing services like Napster devastated the music industry. Steve Jobs threw it a lifeline with the iTunes Store, offering people an easy way to download songs legally. That saved the music industry and made Apple a dominant player in the music biz...for a time. Twenty years later, the television industry is going through a similar upheaval, but this time, Apple isn’t leading the way. What happened to Apple’s golden touch?

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