The last 11M iTunes users, and why they stick around(washingtonpost.com)
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The last 11M iTunes users, and why they stick around
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2025/09/01/itunes/
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Every month, many newspapers publish a list of "Here's what's leaving Netflix this month."
Because of the "100 million songs!" marketing from the various streaming services, a lot of people don't realize this happens with music, too.
My wife is a streaming person, and occasionally something she likes will no longer be available when she looks for it. I think the most recent instance was some David Bowie album.
That can't happen to me, because I buy my music. It can't be taken away because some company's contract changed somewhere.
I like to believe I'm extra-resilient because I buy my music as MP3's and then import it into iTunes.
Because of the "100 million songs!" marketing from the various streaming services, a lot of people don't realize this happens with music, too.
My wife is a streaming person, and occasionally something she likes will no longer be available when she looks for it. I think the most recent instance was some David Bowie album.
That can't happen to me, because I buy my music. It can't be taken away because some company's contract changed somewhere.
I like to believe I'm extra-resilient because I buy my music as MP3's and then import it into iTunes.
There is just something about actually owning the music that appeals to me and my wife (and yes, we’re children of the original iTunes era, when you could load up your playlist and then click the cool nuclear-looking button in iTunes to burn it to a CD). It won’t last forever, but I’ll keep with it till it dies because it works.