Daga Tarihin Apple: iTunes don Windows yana canza yadda mutane ke siyan kiɗa

Dandalin iTunes, ko kuma kantin sayar da kiɗa na iTunes, an yi niyya ne kawai don masu Mac. Babban sauyi ya zo ne bayan ƴan watanni a cikin kaka na shekara ta 2003, lokacin da Apple ya ba da wannan sabis ɗin ga masu kwamfutoci masu tsarin Windows. Amsar da ta dace ba ta daɗe da zuwa ba, kuma Apple ba zato ba tsammani zai iya saita sabon rikodin tallace-tallace na kiɗa na dijital a cikin nau'in zazzagewar miliyan 1,5 a cikin mako guda.

Samar da iTunes samuwa ga masu amfani da Windows ya buɗe sabuwar kasuwa mai riba ga Apple. Rikodin tallace-tallacen ya ninka sau biyar fiye da zazzagewar 300 da ya samu Napster  a cikin makonsa na farko, kuma kusan ninki biyu na zazzagewar 600 a kowane mako wanda Apple ya ruwaito tun kafin ƙaddamar da iTunes akan Windows.

Shagon kiɗa na iTunes ya bayyana akan Windows cikakkun watanni shida bayan ƙaddamar da shi akan Mac. Daya daga cikin dalilan jinkirin? Shugaban Kamfanin Apple na lokacin Steve Jobs ya hakura ya kawo karshen keɓantawar iTunes. A lokacin, Ayyuka sun gaya wa wakilansa a lokacin-Phil Schiller, Jon Rubinstein, Jeff Robbin, da Tony Fadell - cewa duka iTunes da iPod suna taimakawa wajen bunkasa tallace-tallace na Mac. Sauran masu gudanarwa sun yi watsi da wannan hujja ta hanyar nuna cewa raguwar tallace-tallace na Mac ba zai taba samun riba daga karuwar tallace-tallace na iPod ba. A ƙarshe, sun shawo kan Ayyuka - kuma sun yi kyau. A cikin wannan mahallin, duk da haka, Ayyuka bai gafarta wa kansa ba don faɗin cewa yin sabis kamar iTunes samuwa ga masu amfani da Windows kamar haka. "mika gilashin ruwan kankara ga wani a jahannama". A cikin 2003, sabis ɗin kiɗa na Apple yana haɓaka cikin ƙimar ban mamaki. A watan Agusta 2004 ya kai ga kasida iTunes Store Store Waƙoƙi miliyan 1 a cikin Amurka, na farko don sabis ɗin kiɗa na kan layi, kuma ya kai sama da abubuwan zazzagewa miliyan 100.

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ya gabatar da kantin sayar da kiɗa na iTunes 2003

Ya kamata a lura cewa mutane da yawa ba su amince da iTunes da farko. Masu ɗaukar kiɗan jiki har yanzu sun kasance mafi shahara, yayin da wasu masu amfani sun gwammace su zazzage kiɗan dijital ba bisa ka'ida ba ta hanyar P2P da sauran ayyuka. Bayan 'yan shekaru kaɗan, kantin sayar da kiɗa na iTunes ya zama na biyu mafi girman dillalan kiɗa a Amurka, tare da katafaren kantin sayar da kayayyaki Wal-Mart ya mamaye matsayin zinare a lokacin.