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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
The history of music piracy argues against you. Napster was HUGE because it was free. But it was also easy to use and had a wide selection of music. The music industry wasn't offering that. Eventually they did through iTunes and then when they feared Apple's growing control, Amazon (too bad nobody in the publishing industry learned a lesson here).
You can still easily download free MP3s illegally. But not many people do it. Because it is a whole lot easier to use Pandora/Spotify/Apple Music/YouTube Music or if you want to 'own' it, you just buy the MP3 for about a buck and download a DRM free copy from Amazon that you know is high quality.
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I’d argue this actually enforces Issys point. It was difficult getting specific tracks prenapster and the music industry was pushing albums with one or two solid songs and a bunch of filler. Napster made single tracks easily available. Now the music industry is still pumped out albums with one or two good songs but they’re available individually from iTunes and Amazon. Piracy still happens but it’s reduced because availability of what people want has changed. No more spending 15-20 bucks for a full album when you wanted a few tracks.