A recent New York Times article about Steve Jobs strong-arming music industry executives finishes up with a quote: "if it weren't for Apple, God knows how bad the music industry would be"
Perhaps, and I think many would argue definitely, the music industry would be in the situation it is in without Apple, but let's not forget that, while illegal music downloads have been a problem since Napster, it exploded with the introduction and insane popularity of the iPod. It very well could be that if Apple had never come up with the user interface of the iPod, we'd all still be rockin' to a discman, and the music industry would be hunky-dory.
The article does make a point that is dead on: the music industry is providing the content that is allowing Apple to make a ton of money.
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Very cool, man. Way better than that pervert at benstock.com.
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