Like tapes, vinyls, and VHS before them, we all remember when compact discs (CDs) and digital versatile discs (DVDs) were the preferred consumer media formats. Other digital formats also enjoyed time, however brief, as the "next big thing" in digital media distribution; you likely remember mini discs (MDs) and digital audio tapes (DATs) even if you aren't very familiar with them. Physical storage methods for digital media like DVDs and CDs weren't constructed to last an infinite amount of time. Before too long, people's large disc libraries of Blu-Rays, DVDs and CDs will be replaced by hard drive storage or home-streaming playing.
A factor that revolutionized the way the average person consumed digital media, specifically listening to music, was the rapid acceptance of digital music software programs like iTunes. iTunes has forever altered the way people store and listen to music, arguably more than any other single factor in the internet-driven digital media revolution.
Every album, music video, or individual song you download from the iTunes store is automatically stored in your iTunes library. The comprehensive search function can immediately bring up any artist, album, or song that you want to play. You can also scan through the entirety of your music database by browsing the cover art. Cover Flow shuffles images of the cover art of every album featured in your collection; seemingly imitating instantaneous browsing of a large collection of CDs. The Grid View feature presents album art as a series of icons; you can see them all together and easily make your selection.
Consumers simply can't go back to the old way of purchasing physical copies of their music. Being able to have your entire music collection available to you in an instant with a program like iTunes, loading it on to a digital media playing device like an mp3 player, and further having the capability to play it anywhere in your home simply eliminates the need to have the physical copies.
The iTunes store itself recorded 24 billion downloads in less than ten years of service. With the innovations present in iTunes and the iTunes store, Apple changed not only the music industry, but also the way people listened to and bought music. Unlike a lot of other apple programs, iTunes has the capability to run on Windows computers; this resulted in a lot more people who were able to use the program, and thus a lot more people who could potentially use an iPod. The iTunes store successfully makes money for content providers, and offers users with an easy, safe and legal way to download the digital content they desire.
A factor that revolutionized the way the average person consumed digital media, specifically listening to music, was the rapid acceptance of digital music software programs like iTunes. iTunes has forever altered the way people store and listen to music, arguably more than any other single factor in the internet-driven digital media revolution.
Every album, music video, or individual song you download from the iTunes store is automatically stored in your iTunes library. The comprehensive search function can immediately bring up any artist, album, or song that you want to play. You can also scan through the entirety of your music database by browsing the cover art. Cover Flow shuffles images of the cover art of every album featured in your collection; seemingly imitating instantaneous browsing of a large collection of CDs. The Grid View feature presents album art as a series of icons; you can see them all together and easily make your selection.
Consumers simply can't go back to the old way of purchasing physical copies of their music. Being able to have your entire music collection available to you in an instant with a program like iTunes, loading it on to a digital media playing device like an mp3 player, and further having the capability to play it anywhere in your home simply eliminates the need to have the physical copies.
The iTunes store itself recorded 24 billion downloads in less than ten years of service. With the innovations present in iTunes and the iTunes store, Apple changed not only the music industry, but also the way people listened to and bought music. Unlike a lot of other apple programs, iTunes has the capability to run on Windows computers; this resulted in a lot more people who were able to use the program, and thus a lot more people who could potentially use an iPod. The iTunes store successfully makes money for content providers, and offers users with an easy, safe and legal way to download the digital content they desire.
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